SETTER

Setter

The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse.

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setter

Noun

  1. One who sets something, especially a typesetter
    The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
    Some crossword setters work for various newspapers under different pseudonyms.
  2. A long-haired breed of gundog ().
    She has a spaniel and a red setter.
  3. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  4. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
  5. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets
  6. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
  7. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  8. A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Verb

  1. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.


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