Category:Setting

Set"ting, n.

1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, Or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist Plaster of paris; the setting (set) of a current.

2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, Hunting with a setter. Boyle.

3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17.

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.