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Of or pertaining to the masseter.

Masseteric.

Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone. -- n. (Anat.)

A dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

To set pr place wrongly.

The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.

A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse. Shak.

A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.

A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous grow…

Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.] Chaucer.

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: --

A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton. The onset and retire Of both your armies. Shak. Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.

A species of sturgeon.

A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." Burke. Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. J. Hawes.

One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.

m an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden.

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.

The genus that includes the sperm whale.