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单词 sett
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settn.

Brit. /sɛt/, U.S. /sɛt/, Scottish English /sɛt/
Forms: Also 1800s set.
Etymology: Possibly a use of set n.1 (though its relation to the other senses is difficult to assign); it may, however, be < Middle Low German set , sette (also gesette = German gesetz ) ordinance, law, < setten to set v.1
Scottish.
The constitution or form of government of a burgh, fixed by charter.
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sett1683
1683 (title) The sett, and decreet arbitral of King James the 6th..containing the fundamentall principles of the government of the city of Edinburgh.
1739 in Edinb. Antiq. Mag. (1849) 133 The Council of Dingwall, by the act of sett, consists of a Provest, two Bailies [etc.].
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 109 The set or constitution [of Kirkcaldy].
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 44 An anxious..discussion concerning provosts, baillies, deacons, sets of boroughs [etc.].
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) The setts are either established by immemorial usage, or were at some time or other modelled by the convention of Burghs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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