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noun

Setter n.

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.

(Zool.) 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.

One who hunts victims for sharpers.

One who adapts words to music in composition.

An adornment; a decoration; with off. (Obs.) "They come as... setters off of thy graces."

(Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain.

verb

Setter 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.)

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Etymology of 'Setter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Setter" Quotes from Famous Books

... loud sounds the Gun, aroused by the crash } (As the fall of the victim, is marked by the splash) } Leaping forward I bear off the prey at a dash?" } "Tis enough—you have merit—but I think it better To mention my claims," quoth the feather-tailed SETTER. "The dew of the morn I with rapture inhale, When check'd in my course, by the scent breathing gale, In caution low crouching each gesture displays, Where the covey lies basking, or sportively plays; My net bearing master ...

— The Council of Dogs • William Roscoe

... truculently unjust assertion: for Sir W. was as great a setter up of some as he was a puller down of others. His writings are a congeries of praises and blames, both cruel smart, as they say in the States. But the combined instigation of prose, rhyme, and ...

— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan

... of the village sprang out of the fog before us like some dark monster ... then the second, our hut, emerged—and my setter dog ...

— Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories • Ivan Turgenev

... there was little help in sound or movement made by himself. Besides it occurred to him that much walking up and down might defeat the object of his watch. No one would come near while he was on the move; and he was probably making marks already which might catch the eye of the setter of the nightlines at some distance, if that cunning party waited for the morning light, and might keep him away ...

— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes

... are two men who cannot do their work accurately in gas-helmets—one of these is the layer and the other is the fuse-setter. If the infantry were to be saved, two men out of the detachment of each protecting gun must sacrifice themselves. Instantly, without waiting for orders, the fuse-setters and layers flung aside their helmets. Our guns opened ...

— The Glory of the Trenches • Coningsby Dawson

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