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s head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] "The vaulter's sombersalts." Donne. Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. Beau. & Fl.

See Somersault.

See Somersault, Somerset.

The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell.

A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.

Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. Dryden.

Set with thorns. Dyer.

h it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written also tzetze, and tsetze.]

One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.

The act or art of setting type.

To prop or support. Bacon.

One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.

Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.

Not set; not fixed or appointed.

To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

The quality or state of being unsettled.

The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance. J. H. Newman.

To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne.

Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.

registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.