- Setting coat
- Setting Set"ting, n.
1. 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.
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2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
3. Something set in, or inserted. [1913 Webster]
Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. [1913 Webster]
4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. [1913 Webster]
5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel. [PJC]
{Setting coat} (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings.
{Setting dog}, a setter. See {Setter}, n., 2.
{Setting pole}, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water.
{Setting rule}. (Print.) A composing rule. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
