setting

Definitions

1. 1.The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. Boyle.
2. 2.Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii.
3. 3.4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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