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A setula.

Having small bristles or setæ.

its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica). [Obs.] [Written also setwal.] Chaucer.

An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.

Any article or separable part of one's assets.

f a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone.

A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]

Same as Avocet.

A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

One living in the back or outlying districts of a community. The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster. Macaulay.

e. Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. Rowe.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

A tenor or small bass viol.

To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. Evelyn.

The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment." Kane.

One who, or that which, besets.