setting

The operation of moving a boat or raft by means of poles. Also, arranging the sights of a gun, or pointing it.

Setting
·noun Something set in, or inserted. II. Setting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Set>>. III. Setting ·noun Th...

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setting-pole
A pole pointed with iron, used for propelling vessels or boats up rivers, in shoal water. ...

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over-setting
The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that s...

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setting pole
A pole, generally pointed with iron, forced into the mud, by which boats and barges are moored in sh...

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setting-up
Raising a ship from her blocks, shores, &c., by wedges driven between the heels of the shore and the...

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watch-setting
In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards. ...

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Setting-up exercise
·add. ·- Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose o...

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heaving and setting
Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...

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setting the watch
The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...

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cosmical rising and setting of the heavenly bodies
Their rising and setting with the sun. ...

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