Vocabulary : Set-stitched to Settledness

Set-stitched : Stitched according to a formal pattern.
Sett : See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
Settee : A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once. ;; A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
Setter : 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. ;; 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. ;; One who hunts victims for sharpers. ;; One who adapts words to music in composition. ;; An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. ;; A shallow seggar for porcelain. ;; To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setterwort : 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.
Setting : of Set ;; 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. ;; The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. ;; Something set in, or inserted. ;; That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
Setting-up exercise : Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.
Settle : A seat of any kind. ;; A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. ;; A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. ;; To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like. ;; To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister. ;; To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. ;; To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee. ;; To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads. ;; To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it. ;
Settled : of Settle
Settledness : The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
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