sett

sett
/set/, n.
1. Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
2. Also called stake. a hand-held tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.
3. Also, set. the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.
[1870-75; var. of SET]

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  • Sett — Sett, n. See {Set}, n., 2 (e) and 3. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sett. — sett. abbr. settentrionale …   Dizionario italiano

  • sett — [set] n a passage in the ground made by a ↑badger as a place to live …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sett — [ set ] noun count an underground hole where a BADGER lives …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sett — see SET (Cf. set) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sett — is still a common variant spelling of set in the meanings (1) a badger s burrow and (2) a paving block …   Modern English usage

  • sett — (also set) ► NOUN 1) the earth or burrow of a badger. 2) a granite paving block. ORIGIN variant of SET(Cf. ↑set) …   English terms dictionary

  • sett — 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. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sett — 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. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sett — 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. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sett — 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. [1913 Webster] The weary sun hath made a golden set. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is set,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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