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sett

[ set ]

noun

  1. Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
  2. Also called stake. a handheld tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.
  3. Also the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.


sett

/ sɛt /

noun

  1. a small rectangular paving block made of stone, such as granite, used to provide a durable road surface Compare cobblestone
  2. the burrow of a badger
    1. a square in a pattern of tartan
    2. the pattern itself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sett1

First recorded in 1870–75; variant of set
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sett1

C19: variant of set 1(n)
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Example Sentences

They say the ffrench are about to sett downe before Dixmude, to bring us of by revultion.

If ou schalt at one & sett it vppo e oer figuris hed, and sett in at 1.

Also take & sett hym ouer e hede of e figure at ou woldest haue y-draw oute of e nether figure, e quych was 3.

And yf ou haue wel ydo is nomber at is sett here-after wel be e nomber at schalle aryse of alle e addicio as here 27827.

Whan ou has us ydo, do away e hiest figure & sett ere at leues of e subtraccio, Here is an example.

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