settern.1
/ˈsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈsɛdər/ I. One who or something which sets, in various senses of the verb.† 3. ‘An officer on the Border, who, with a searcher, was responsible for setting the appointed watch’ ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1893–4). Obsolete.† 9. One who devises or instigates. Obsolete.
1.
a. gen. One who sets something specified or contextually implied. Often as the second element of a compound, in which the first element denotes the thing ‘set,’ as in bone-setter n., eel-setter n., typesetter n.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > one who or that which > one who
layer1538
setter1538
installer1611
mounter1747
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > one who
dighter1340
setter1538
prescriber1548
ordainer1631
appointer1633
prescriver1639
decreer1660
society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor
compositor1569
composer1634
setter1648
galley slave1683
typo1816
type-sticker1842
typist1843
setter-up1853
case man1855
typesetter1867
comp1870
compositress1885
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 604/34 Prepositor, a setter of mes.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Finitor, a setter of boundes.
1557 in J. D. Marwick Edinb. Guilds & Crafts (1909) 89 Thai wer ordanit be the settaris of the said taxt to pay ane pairt thairof.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Zetter, a Setter, or a Compositor of letters.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον Ep. Liminary sig. A8 I usually afforded the setter Copy at the rate of above a whole printed sheet in the day.
1859 Lancet 24 Dec. 649/2 Having the special repute of being a first-class..setter of stoves, grates, &c.
1889 H. R. Haggard Cleopatra ii. iv Who..would believe that she was the setter of that snare in which the Queen..should miserably perish?
1964 New Statesman 20 Mar. 455/1 Mr Holloway is severe on other people's abuses of English—particularly the setters of examination questions.
1976 Listener 23 & 30 Dec. 820/3 The Listener setter [of crossword puzzles] caters..for the cognoscente.
b. With adverb complement. See also setter-forth n., setter-on n., setter-out n., setter-to n., setter-up n.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > one who acts or does
wright971
doer1382
workerc1384
actorc1425
performerc1443
factor1461
committer1509
accomplisher1538
setter1548
enurer1556
performancer1621
commissioner1651
facienta1670
performant1809
enactor1837
transactor1863
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xix. 16–22 He was and is..a setter of all them at libertie whiche professeth his name.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxviijv Neyther wanted the matter setters foreward.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 89 Maricus..pretending to be the setter of France at freedome.
1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. to Serm. Easterday M 4 An earnest louer and a great setter forward of monkery.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 30 They come as Refiners of thy Drosse, or gilders (setters off) of thy Graces.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Spretor A contemner,..a setter-light by.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxiv. 345 He was come now, a Redeemer, that is, a setter free of man..from the alien power which held him in bondage.
1866 W. Collins Armadale iii. xii ‘Gin-and-bitters will put you on your legs again,’ whispered this Samaritan setter-right of the alcoholic disasters of mankind.
2. A workman employed to ‘set’ something.† a. One who ‘sets’ or lays stone or brick in building. Obsolete. Also rough-setter: see rough setter n. at rough adj. Compounds 5a.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > who lays stone
layer1382
setter?1403
stone-layer1562
?1403 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 21 In remuneracione data cementariis vocatis setters ad parietes.
1435 Contract Fotheringhay Church (1841) 30 The Setters shall be chosyn and takyn by such as shall haf the governance and oversight of the sayd Werke by my seid Lord.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii Choseth hym as a connyng man..& maketh hym a setter or orderar of the same stones.
1601–2 Accts. Trin. Coll. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 486 To laborers diging foundacions..and seruing the setters at the fountaine.
b. Woollen Manufacture. (See quot. 1757.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > stretching > one who
setter?1518
cloth-drawer1685
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Lyne webbers, setters with lyne drapers.
1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff 3 He was Huzza'd into the Court by several Thousands of Weavers, Clothiers,..Packers, Calenders, Setters, Silk-men, Spinners [etc.].
1757 R. Campbell London Tradesman (ed. 3) 201 Setters..are called so only because they rent Tenter-grounds and stretch Cloths after they are milled, upon Frames called Tenters.
c. A workman who sets jewels.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller > who sets stones
jewel setter1816
setter1819
1819 Post Office London Directory 382 Woolcott & Co.,..Cutters and Glaziers' Diamond Setters, 127 High Holborn.
1874 Dieulafait's Diamonds, etc. 275 The setter has at his command a furnace filled with burning charcoal. His work is to solder the diamond into a quantity of alloy [etc.].
1884 Birmingham Daily Post 23 Feb. 3/4 Jeweller's Setter.—Wanted a good Hand, used to flush work.
d. Agriculture. (See quot. 1707.)
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > one who assists unloading
setter1707
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 90 To each Cart [of marl] must be a Driver and a Setter, whose Office is to shew where 'tis to be laid, and to assist in the unlading of it.
e. A workman who sets or puts into working condition saws, razors, gun-barrels, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > one who puts tools into working condition
setter1833
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 29 A celebrated setter or whetter of razors.
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 630 They [saws] are next handed to the setter, who places each alternate tooth over the edge of a little anvil [etc.].
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 234 To determine if a barrel is straight, the setter holds it a few inches from his eye with one end pointing towards the top of a high shop-window.
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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > watchman on border
setter1552
1552 in Nicolson Leges Marchiarum (1705) 235 The Ford of Bellester..to be watched nightly, with two Men at either Watch..; Setters and Searchers, Thomas Blenkensop and John Orsby.
1552 in Nicolson Leges Marchiarum (1705) 235 Setters and Searchers of the same Watch, Christopher Bowman, Nichol Blaykloke.
4. In Dice. The player who stakes on the throw of the ‘caster’.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player
tavlereOE
dice-player1377
dicer1408
tirler of square bones1609
caster1664
tat-monger1688
setter1726
tatsman1825
throwster1832
shooter1910
1726 J. Ker Mem. ii. 93 And when the Cullies that are not in the Secret, throw at All, they commonly throw out, and lose the Box, which the Bites take, and the Setters go round, laying Guineas, and most extravagant Odds upon the Success.
1726 Whole Art & Myst. of Mod. Gaming (title page) Tables calculated betwixt the Caster and Setter, throughout the whole Course or Changes of the Dice.
1814 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved (new ed.) 367 If the main be seven, and each person stakes a guinea, the gain of the setter is about 3½d. per guinea.
1856 Carleton in Bohn Hand-bk. Games (1867) 359 (Hazard) If the Caster throw 2, 3, 11 or 12, next after the main is declared, the Setter wins the stake.
5. † a. gen. One who places a combatant in position. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > second
second1623
setter1648
friend1709
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 60 This duel [between the flesh and the spirit] may well beseem God for the Author, and the Son of God for the setter of it.
b. spec. In cock-fighting: = setter-to n. 1.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > cock-fighter
cock-setter1260
cockfighter1527
cockera1655
setter1688
hander1746
setter-to1794
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 253/1 When the Cocks are set Beak to Beak in the middle of the Clod, and there left by the Setters.
1835 H. Harewood Dict. Sports at Cock-fighting The battle is conducted by two setters, as they are called, who place the cocks beak to beak.
1884 West. Daily Press 16 Apr. 7/2 The whole number at the pit side, including the ‘setters’ was only 37 persons.
6. † a. Scottish. One who grants or makes a lease. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > one who leases
lessorc1384
setter1484
tacker1551
1484 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1886) IX. 603 Our commissioneris and settaris of all and sindri our landis.
1586 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 478 The said setters of thair land to sic persouns sall be poynded or wairdet for ane vnlaw of fyve pund swa aft as thai failyie.
1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 164 He was a setter of tacks to his sones and goodsones, for the prejudice of the church.
1764 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) ii. vi. 174 Tacks necessarily imply a delectus personæ, a choice by the setter of a proper person for his tenant.
b. ‘One who lets anything to another for hire’ (Jamieson). northern dialect.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out
letter1552
hirer1591
locator1607
letter-out1671
setter1806
1806 Sporting Mag. 27 42 A person in the city of Chester, who is noted for a high setter of shops, as they express it in the north.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Horse-setter. The same with Horse-hirer.
c. In quarrying and mining work: The foreman by whom the contracts are made with the workmen. See also setting n.1 1e.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > foreman with whom contracts are made
setter1884
1884 Western Morning News 5 Sept. 2/4 The setter will engage that the bridge shall ply..daily... The setter also will appoint engineers and pay their wages.
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Setter, a bargain-setter (or letter) is the official who sets or lets the contract to the quarrymen.
1901 Daily News 29 Jan. 6/5 At the beginning of each month, upon what is called bargain day, one, two, or three skilled quarrymen agree with a foreman, or ‘setter’, upon the tonnage rate at which they will work out a given portion of the quarry for the following month.
7. † d. (See quot. 1699) Obsolete.
a. A confederate of sharpers or swindlers, employed as a decoy; also (? with transferred notion of sense 11), one who is employed by robbers or murderers to spy upon their intended victims.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > decoy
stale1526
barnardc1555
barnacle1591
setter1591
tumbler1602
circling boy1631
moon-curser1673
sweetener1699
stool1825
stool-pigeon1830
bonnet1831
buttoner1839
button1851
steerer1873
plugger1886
shillaber1913
shill1916
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > secret agent > employed by thieves
setter1591
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 1 There bee requisite effectually to act the Art of Conny-catching three seuerall parties: the Setter, the Verser, and the Barnackle. The nature of the setter is to draw in any person familiarly to drinke with him [etc.].
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. ii. 50 Po. O tis our setter, I know his voice, Bardoll, what newes.
1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iv. 137 It is beyond my skill to..determine, whether the slye and cunning setter or the stout thief can claim greatest share in the spoyle.
1722 J. Swift Last Speech Ebenezor Elliston in Wks. (1735) IV. 379 We have Setters watching in Corners, and by dead Walls, to give us Notice when a Gentleman goes by.
1755 Connoisseur No. 86. ⁋4 I became Setter to a Fleet-Parson.
b. ‘A person employed by the vendor at an auction to run the biddings up’ ( Hotten's Slang Dict. 1860).
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society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > bidder > one who runs up bidding
goad1608
setter1699
white bonnet1760
puffer1765
sweetener1823
jolly1856
runner-up1860
floor man1928
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > performing spectators > assistant > in raising prices
setter1699
showman1797
bonnet1831
Funk1842
button1851
shill1916
ampster1941
1699 J. Dunton Dublin Scuffle 322 I had not one Setter (to advance the Price, and draw on unwary Bidders) in any of my five Sales.
1732 Tricks of Town 36 Away to the place of Auction; the Orator,..surrounded by his Puffs and Setters, shows away.
c. A police spy or informer.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer
setter1630
nose1789
mouchard1802
rat1818
stool-pigeon1830
knark1851
police informer1851
nark1859
telegraph1864
copper1885
sarbut1897
Noah's Ark1898
stool1906
snout1910
finger1914
policeman1923
stoolie1924
shelf1926
grass1929
grasshopper1937
grasser1950
stukach1969
supergrass1975
1630 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Ashm. 53) (1888) i. viii. 134 So maie wee doe and live, woold Algarsive and his state setters, all vs thus reprive.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 222 It was not long before he was caught by the Setters of the Secretary Walsingham, and brought to the Tower.
1778 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 314 I shall have the satisfaction at last of finding something that I am fit for,—a setter, a dun, a catchpole, or a bum-bailiff, to recover bad debts.
1866 W. J. Fitzpatrick Sham Squire 125 All the information regarding the movements of Lord Edward Fitzgerald came through Francis Higgins, who employed a gentleman..‘to set’ the unfortunate nobleman. The ‘setter’ we believe to have been Mr. Francis Magan, barrister-at-law.
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Setter,.. a policeman in disguise or a man in the employ of the police (the French ‘indicateur’) who points out the thief for others to arrest.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > collector of duty on goods > collector of specific duties
gabeller1598
galera1641
salt-master1656
setter1699
stamp-collector1710
malt-officer1726
salt-officer1748
stamp-man1765
VATman1977
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Setters..also..an Excize-Officer to prevent the Brewers defrauding the King.
e. transferred and figurative.
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1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. iii. sig. C8 They are the effect of need, or wantonnesse, venial faults; Age commonly reclaimeth the one, and the other is punished by the setter Pouertie.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 82 Self-love, which is, as it were, the common setter to all those cheats which circumvent and fool us.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 218 Their first care was to lodge him in the House of some Friend, or Country-man, or at least one of those Setters, that plied up and down in the behalf of that Sophist.
8. One who sets to music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > setter to music
setter?1605
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. C1v Thy Soule vpon so sweet an Organ plaies As makes the Parts, she plaies, as sound, as sweete; Which sounds the heau'nly Setters, and thy praise.
1635 E. Waller To Mr. Henry Lawes 23 The Writers and the Setters skill At once the ravisht Ears do fill.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] > one who contrives or invents
upfinder1430
weaverc1430
engineer?a1513
deviser1523
inventor1555
artificer1569
setter1600
contrivera1652
concoctor1843
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. 605 As well the maisters that were the setters thereof, as the servants that were privie and accessarie thereto, had their deserts, and suffered for it.
10.
a. That which fertilizes a flower, so that the plant is able to ‘set’ or develop fruit (see set v.1 98).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > fertilizer or manure
fatnessc1420
amendment1483
manure1532
manuring1577
battling1600
dressing1600
worth1609
sucken1615
folding1626
fertilizera1661
sumen1662
recuperativec1679
field dressing1743
top-dressing1744
sweetener1765
settera1793
mendment1798
side dressing1819
substratum1822
manurer1829
liquid manure1837
soil amendment1915
side dress1920
Growmore1944
soil conditioner1952
a1793 G. White Observ. Veg. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1802) II. 256 If bees, who are much the best setters of cucumbers, do not happen to take kindly to the frames, the best way is to tempt them by a little honey put on the..bloom.
b. A plant which ‘sets’ or develops fruit; only with adjective as good setter, bad setter.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun]
setter1888
1888 M. T. Masters in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 237/2 Some..varieties [of the vine] are, as gardeners say, ‘bad setters’,—i.e. do not ripen their fruit owing to imperfect fertilization.
11. A dog trained to ‘set’ game.attributive.1885 Field 17 Jan. (advt.) For Sale, handsome highly bred Setter Bitch.1885 Field 17 Jan. (advt.) A gentleman is desirous of placing Two Red Setter Pups..with a first-class breaker.† b. gen. Obsolete.† c. One who practises ‘setting’: see setting n.1 1c (b). Obsolete.
a. As the name of a special breed. Irish setter = red setter n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). English setter, Gordon setter: see at first word.Of the breed now so called, there are three varieties, the English, the Irish, and the Gordon setters. The name was formerly applied to a kind of spaniel.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > setter
setter1576
lying-dog1818
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > setter > varieties of
English setter1790
red setter1830
Gordon setter1865
Irish setter1866
Belton1872
Laverack setter1878
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 16 When he approcheth neere to the place where the birde is, he layes him downe, and with a marcke of his pawes betrayeth the place of the byrdes last abode, whereby it is supposed that this kinde of dogge is called Index, Setter.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 680 There is also another sort of land spannyels, which are called Setters.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 288 The Setter, that crouches down when it scents the birds, till the net be drawn over them.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 35 Some..authorities are convinced that the setter is directly derived from the spaniel.
1866 J. Walker in Field 6 Jan. 3/2 I should feel obliged by your allowing me to say a word or two..on the colour and general characteristics of the Irish setter.
1912 A. Huxley Let. 13 May (1969) 42 He, the dog, is a beautiful Irish setter, the only one of his kind within a radius of miles, as the beast has only just been introduced into Germany.
1975 J. M. Brearley (title) This is the Irish Setter.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that starts or indicates prey
retriever1486
setting dog1611
beating-dog1669
setter1678
starter1766
finder1805
reporter1895
1678 London Gaz. No. 1317/4 A little Land Spaniel, red and white, no Setter.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 236 But Water Spaniels may be brought to be Setters, if they have a perfectly good Scent.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > one using setter, beagles, etc.
setter1780
beagler1841
runner1874
terrierman1930
1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick I. 3 Mr. Hunter was..a great setter of game. Happy was the boy who could inform his offended master where a covey of partridges was to be found.
II. Something that (causes to set), in technical uses.
12. An instrument or tool used in setting, in various senses.† a. A net or trap for catching or killing birds.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > net
plover net1404
tunnelc1440
setter1526
trammel1530
bird net1533
day net1576
road net1581
sparrow-net1621
shaw-net1648
trammel-net1648
spreadnet1661
pocket-hay1704
bramble-net1706
clap-net1708
tunnel-net1721
funnel-net1774
bow-net1875
flight net1889
house trap1903
pouting-net1905
1526 Househ. Expenses Sir T. Le Strange (BL MS Add. 27448) Item. a wood~cocke and ij partriches kylled with the setter.
1540 Acts Privy Council (1837) VII. 56 Taking or killing..any partriches and fesantes with any nettes setters horses trameles or other gynnes.
b. Gunnery. A wooden instrument used, with the aid of a mallet, to set the fuse into a shell.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > fuse-setter
setter1802
fuse-setter1874
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Setter, in gunnery, a round stick to drive fuzes, or any other compositions, into cases made of paper.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 79 Wood Setters.
1854 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 6) 82 They are carefully driven into the Shell with a mallet and setter.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 377/2.
c. ? = setting-pole n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > pole
spritOE
shaltree1307
quant1440
poy1486
boat pole1698
setting-pole1763
stower1777
punting polea1798
setter1816
punt pole1831
kent1844
punt stick1846
pricking-pole1892
quant-pole1898
1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges ii. 31 Each pontoon has a carriage for transporting it, and the following appertenances..2 oars; 1 anchor; 1 grapnel; 1 pole or setter.
d. Porcelain Manufacturing
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > for supporting during firing
plancha1544
parting shard1686
bat1825
stilt1825
spur1833
setter1853
slug1880
thimble1901
1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 454 A plate sagger will hold twenty plates placed one on the other of earthenware, but china plates are fired separately in ‘setters’ made of their respective forms.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 43/2 Setters also should be used at the bottom of each piece, and ground flint applied, but not sand, for the placing or seating.
e. A kind of lifting-jack.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > jacks
screw1404
scalet1640
German devil1670
Jack1679
screw jack1719
spring-jack1724
jackscrew?1735
crick1775
fence-jack1874
swing-jack1875
wagon-jack1875
windlass-jack1875
truck-jack1877
setter1895
1895 Stores' Price List 15 Sept. 490 Carriage Setter. Best Wood Setter—each 15/0.
f. A device in a type-setting machine.
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1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Expos. vii. 208 All the preceding letters which had been cast were shoved along to the left upon the stick by a small piece of metal called the ‘setter’.
g. A machine for setting or smoothing leather.
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1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
h. A device for waving the hair. (Cf. set v.1 81b.)
13. dialect. (See quot. 1849.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > individual pieces
panel1747
knablick1757
coba1804
setter1849
pearl1901
turnel1905
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 46 Setters, large pieces of coal; so called by the landsale cart-men, from their use in piling or setting round the sides of their carts, to enable them to hold a larger quantity of coals than could otherwise be placed upon them.
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settern.2
dialect.
A seton or issue produced by ‘settering’: see the verb.
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setter1766
1766 Compl. Farmer Setter, a kind of setom [sic] or issue, made by cutting a hole in the dewlap of an ox or cow, and putting into the wound a sort of tent formed out of the root of helleboraster.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 350 Settergrass, helleborus fœtidus; a species of bear's-foot; used in making ‘setters’ or issues in cattle.
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/ˈsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈsɛdər/, Scottish English /ˈsɛtə/ Scottish (Orkney and Shetland).
A meadow associated with a dwelling; spec. a summer pasture in the outlying areas of a farm (cf. outfield n. 1). Now historical.Recorded earliest in setterland n. at Compounds.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > summer pasture
shiel1532
shieling1568
summering1605
shiel-town1606
setterc1772
summer lease1794
c1772 in A. C. O'Dell Hist. Geogr. Shetland Islands (1939) ii. xi. 239 Feued property and udal comprehend the lands of Shetland of all denominations Setter-lands excepted.
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 321 As to our meadows, they are always called Seaters. Though I am little acquainted with the Norwegian language, I understand a Seater to be a place for maintaining milch cows; and these Seaters are to this moment properly adapted for it.
1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 427 In the ancient Shetland language, the green pasturage attached to a dwelling was named a Setter or Seater.
1897 J. Jakobsen Dial. & Place Names Shetland 111 Many ‘seters’ derive their names from the different kinds of animals which pastured there.
1931 Proc. Orkney Antiquarian Soc. 9 27/2 Just beyond the Wideford Burn..lies the three-farthing land, skatland, of Grymesetter. Next adjacent lies the ‘quoyland’ of Grymesquoy... Both names point to an original farmer Grímr. He apparently settled there on a ‘setter’ just before skat was imposed on the Orkney lands.
1952 H. Marwick Orkney Farm-names iii. 229 In Orkney..there is no evidence of sæters, and accordingly in the present work no derivation [of farm-names] from sætr is suggested.
1995 W. P. L. Thomson in B. E. Crawford Scand. Settlement N. Brit. 48 [In Shetland] outlying grazing places (setters) became permanent settlements.
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setterland n.
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c1772 [see main sense].
1885 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 19 234 These holdings are unquestionably Setterlands or outsets, improvements, in later times, from the Skathald, or common, and therefore independent of the old allocation of Scat.
1939 A. C. O'Dell Hist. Geogr. Shetland Islands ii. xi. 246 The ‘Setter Lands’, or areas settled since Norwegian times..have been mapped.
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setterv.
/ˈsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈsɛdər/ dialect.
transitive. To insert a piece of setterwort under the skin of (an animal) in order to produce an issue.Compare the following, where seuer may be a misprint for setter:
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxviv There be many men that canne seuer them, and that is to cutte the dewelappe before.
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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > practise veterinary medicine and surgery [verb (transitive)] > give specific treatment
scour1489
setter1551
rowel1566
drench1672
salt1898
fistulate1902
worm1932
deworm1934
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. L vj Dyuerse husband men..vsed to put the roote of berefoot into beastes eares, and called the puttynge in of it, syterynge of beastes.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 133 The order of Settring a Bullocke is this, take Setterwoort [etc.].
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 151 Some agayne cure them with settering.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words To Setter; to cut the Dewlap of an Ox or Cow, into which they put Helleboraster, which we call Setterwort.
1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 437 It is necessary at the same Time to setter the Hog in the Ear with the common Hellebore.
1863 J. C. Atkinson Danby Gloss. We took care that she [a cow] was weel setter'd.
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