Setter

·noun A shallow seggar for porcelain.

II. Setter ·noun One who hunts victims for sharpers.

III. Setter ·noun An adornment; a decoration;

— with off.

IV. Setter ·noun One who adapts words to music in composition.

V. Setter ·vt To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an Issue.

VI. Setter ·noun 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.

VII. Setter ·noun 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.