Setter(n.) 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.
Setter(n.) 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.
Setter(n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Setter(n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.
Setter(n.) An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
Setter(n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Setter(v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
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