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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Set \Set\, n.
1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body;
descent; hence, the close; termination. "Locking at the
set of day." --Tennyson.
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The weary sun hath made a golden set. --Shak.
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2. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically:
(a) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
(b) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake;
hence, a game at venture. [Obs. or R.]
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We will in France, by God's grace, play a set
Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
--Shak.
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That was but civil war, an equal set. --Dryden.
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(c) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of
excessive strain, as from compression, tension,
bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
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(d) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving
shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
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(e) (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the
head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by
the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an
intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written {sett}.]
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(f) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head
of a nail below the surface. Called also {nail set}.
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3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.] A number of
things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed
together; a collection of articles which naturally
complement each other, and usually go together; an
assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of
surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. [In
this sense, sometimes incorrectly written {sett}.]
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4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common
opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a
clique. "Others of our set." --Tennyson.
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This falls into different divisions, or sets, of
nations connected under particular religions. --R.
P. Ward.
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5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a
current.
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6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a
quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements
executed.
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7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw,
which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an
opening, wider than the blade.
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8.
(a) A young oyster when first attached.
(b) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any
locality.
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9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to
enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth
game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce
set, and decided by an application of the rules for
playing off deuce in a game. See {Deuce}.
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10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type
called by printers the {width}.
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11. (Textiles) Any of various standards of measurement of the
fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one
inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact
meaning varies according to the location where it is
used. Sometimes written {sett}.
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12. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick
and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street
paving. Commonly written {sett}.
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13. Camber of a curved roofing tile.
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14. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit;
as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]
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15. Any collection or group of objects considered together.
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{Dead set}.
(a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game,
and remains intently fixed in pointing it out.
(b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle
or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set.
(c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined
onset.
{To make a dead set}, to make a determined onset, literally
or figuratively.
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Syn: Collection; series; group. See {Pair}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "width":
ambit, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, breadth, broadness,
bulk, caliber, circle, compass, coverage, depth, diameter,
dimension, dimensions, distance across, expanse, expansion,
extension, extent, fullness, gauge, girth, greatness, height,
largeness, latitude, length, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement,
orbit, panorama, proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach,
scale, scope, size, span, spread, volume, wideness