\Set"ter\, n.
1. 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally
   derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer.
   Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the
   position of game birds by standing in a fixed position,
   but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
Note: There are several distinct varieties of setters; as,
      the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is
      usually red or tan varied with black; and the English
      setter, which is variously colored, but usually white
      and tawny red, with or without black.
3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. --Shak.
4. One who adapts words to music in composition.
5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.]
         They come as . . . setters off of thy graces.
                                               --Whitlock.
6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. --Ure.

\Set"ter\, v. t.
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton,
so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.]