What is the meaning of SETTER. Phrases containing SETTER
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Setter is British slang for the number seven.Setter was old slang for a person employed to spy on intended victims; a police spy or informer.
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v. t.
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
a.
Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
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One who hunts victims for sharpers.
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The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
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An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
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The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
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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.
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One who adapts words to music in composition.
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Same as Setterwort.
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The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
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A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
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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.
v. i.
To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
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A shallow seggar for porcelain.
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The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
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