\Set\, n.
1. (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}.

2. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick
   and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street
   paving. Commonly written {sett}.

3. Camber of a curved roofing tile.

4. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit;
   as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]

\Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian,
OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel.
setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from
the root of E. sit. [root]154. See {Sit}, and cf. {Seize}.]
1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or
   attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to
   fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a
   book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest
   or trunk on its bottom or on end.

         I do set my bow in the cloud.         --Gen. ix. 13.

2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else,
   or in or upon a certain place.

         Set your affection on things above.   --Col. iii. 2.

         The Lord set a mark upon Cain.        --Gen. iv. 15.

3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or
   occupation; to put in a certain condition or state
   (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

         The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut.
                                               xxviii. 1.

         I am come to set a man at variance against his
         father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt.
                                               x. 35.

         Every incident sets him thinking.     --Coleridge.

4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to
   render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or
   condition to. Specifically:
   (a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a
       spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass;
       as, to set a coach in the mud.

             They show how hard they are set in this
             particular.                       --Addison.
   (b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make
       unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or
       rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

             His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1
                                               Kings xiv. 4.

             On these three objects his heart was set.
                                               --Macaulay.

             Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a
             flint.                            --Tennyson.
   (c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant;
       as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
   (d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to
       place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid
       something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass
       in a sash.

             And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar
             metal for a vulgar use.           --Dryden.
   (e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into
       curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to
   regulate; to adapt. Specifically:


   (a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;
       as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

             Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.
   (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to
       set the sails of a ship.
   (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the
       keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.
   (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to
       replace; as, to set a broken bone.
   (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a
       watch or a clock.
   (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the
       blocks of cut stone in a structure.

6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the
         hazard of the die.                    --Shak.

7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare
   for singing.

         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
                                               --Dryden.

8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a
   time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to
   variegate with objects placed here and there.

         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each
         lady wore a radiant coronet.          --Dryden.

         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
                                               --Wordsworth.

10. To value; to rate; -- with at.

          Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have
          a son set your decrees at naught.    --Shak.

          I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.

11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
    game; -- said of hunting dogs.

12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to
    assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be
    learned.

13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]

14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;
    as, to set type; to set a page.

{To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.

{To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to
   oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one
   thing against another.

{To set agoing}, to cause to move.

{To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate
   from the rest; to reserve.

{To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate
   one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to
   the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be
   a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent
   the saw from sticking.

{To set aside}.
    (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to
        neglect; to reject; to annul.

              Setting aside all other considerations, I will
              endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
                                               --Tillotson.
    (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of
        one's income.
    (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.

{To set at defiance}, to defy.

{To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the
   heart at ease.

{To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
   ``Ye have set at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25.


{To set a} {trap, snare, or gin}, to put it in a proper
   condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan
   to deceive and draw another into one's power.

{To set at work}, or {To set to work}.
    (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how
        tu enter on work.
    (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.

{To set before}.
    (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.
    (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.

{To set by}.
    (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.
    (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. ``I set not a
        straw by thy dreamings.'' --Chaucer.

{To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or
   situation of by the compass.

{To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under
   {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{To set down}.
    (a) To enter in writing; to register.

              Some rules were to be set down for the
              government of the army.          --Clarendon.
    (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.

              This law we may name eternal, being that order
              which God . . . hath set down with himself, for
              himself to do all things by.     --Hooker.
    (c) To humiliate.

{To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.


{To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire
   to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to
   irritate.

{To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,
   instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --
   said of a sail.

{To set forth}.
    (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;
        to display.
    (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.
    (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]

              The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
              galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.

{To set forward}.
    (a) To cause to advance.
    (b) To promote.

{To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or
   bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.

{To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.
   [Obs.]

         If you please to assist and set me in, I will
         recollect myself.                     --Collier.

{To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
   ``The rest will I set in order when I come.'' --1 Cor. xi.
   34.

{To set milk}.
    (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream
        may rise to the surface.
    (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of
        rennet. See 4
    (e) .

{To set} {much, or little}, {by}, to care much, or little,
   for.

{To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] ``I set not an haw
   of his proverbs.'' --Chaucer.

{To set off}.
    (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular
        purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of
        an estate.
    (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.

              They . . . set off the worst faces with the
              best airs.                       --Addison.
    (c) To give a flattering description of.

{To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,
   to set off one man's services against another's.

{To set} {on or upon}.
    (a) To incite; to instigate. ``Thou, traitor, hast set on
        thy wife to this.'' --Shak.
    (b) To employ, as in a task. `` Set on thy wife to
        observe.'' --Shak.
    (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's
        heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,
        above.

{To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.

{To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state
   of enmity or opposition to.

{To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.

{To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.


{To set out}.
    (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to
        set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an
        estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
    (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]
    (c) To adorn; to embellish.

              An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with
              jewels, nothing can become.      --Dryden.
    (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]

              The Venetians pretend they could set out, in
              case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
                                               --Addison.
    (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.

              I could set out that best side of Luther.
                                               --Atterbury.
    (f) To show; to prove. [R.] ``Those very reasons set out
        how heinous his sin was.'' --Atterbury.
    (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.



{To set over}.
    (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,
        ruler, or commander.
    (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.

{To set right}, to correct; to put in order.

{To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.

{To set store by}, to consider valuable.

{To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;
   to establish the mode.

{To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a
   disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in
   contact with them.

{To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port
   watch on duty.

{To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. ``He . . . hath set
   to his seal that God is true.'' --John iii. 33.

{To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set
   up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a
   pillar.
    (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. ``I will . . . set
        up the throne of David over Israel.'' --2 Sam. iii.
        10.
    (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to
        establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to
        set up a school.
    (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a
        son in trade.
    (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
    (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.

              I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
                                               --Dryden.
    (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,
        to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.
    (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;
        as, this