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See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.

A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.

The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.

A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole.

The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: - -

One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

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.

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

A tenor or small bass viol.

One who, or that which, besets.

Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

ated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.

Same as Seggar.