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Besetting
Beset Be*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See Set.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. --Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn. 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. ``Beset with foes.' --Milton. Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison. 3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.' --Milton. ``Beset with ills.' --Addison. ``Incommodities which beset old age.' --Burke. 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
Besetting
Besetting Be*set"ting, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.
Bonesetting
Bonesetter Bone"set*ter, n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.
Offsetting
Offset Off*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
Oversetting
Overset O`ver*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. --Dryden. 2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison. 3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.
Poinsettia
Poinsettia Poin*set"ti*a (poin*s[e^]t"t[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
Setting
Setting Set"ting, n. 1. 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. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
Setting coat
Setting Set"ting, n. 1. 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. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
Setting dog
Setting Set"ting, n. 1. 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. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
Setting pole
Setting Set"ting, n. 1. 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. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
Setting rule
Setting Set"ting, n. 1. 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. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
setting rule
Composing Com*pos"ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule. Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
Setting-up exercise
Setting-up exercise Set`ting-up" ex"er*cise 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.
Typesetting
Typesetting Type"set`ting, n. The act or art of setting type.
Undersetting
Undersetting Un"der*set`ting, n. Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. --Sir H. Wotton.
Upsetting
Upsetting Up*set"ting, a. Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Upsetting thermometer
Upsetting thermometer Up*set"ting ther*mom"e*ter A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

Meaning of Setti from wikipedia

- Setti is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Camillo Setti, Italian Baroque painter Duilio Setti (1912–1972), Italian footballer Emanuela...
- Setti David Warren (born August 25, 1970) is an American politician. He served as Mayor of Newton, M****achusetts, a suburb of Boston, and is a former...
- Robert 'Bob' Edward Francis Setti (1938–2005), was a male athlete who competed for England. He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 440...
- Kilza Setti de Castro Lima (born 26 January 1932) is a Brazilian ethnomusicologist, composer, and pianist. Kilza Setti was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She...
- Like with Setti, Cianciulli persuaded her to write postcards to be sent to friends, this time from Correggio, detailing her plans. Also like Setti, Soavi...
- Emanuela Setti Carraro (Italian pronunciation: [emanuˈɛːla ˈsɛtti karˈraːro]; 9 October 1950 – 3 September 1982) was an Italian nurse and the wife of General...
- Giulio Setti (born Treviglio, October 3, 1869 - died Turin, October 2, 1938) was an Italian choral conductor. He served as chorus master of opera houses...
- Camillo Setti (active 1675) was an Italian painter, active in a Baroque style mainly in his native Ferrara. He was a pupil of the painter Costanzo Cattaneo...
- Sebastián "Seba" Andrés Setti Wasilewski (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan ˈseβa anˈdɾes ˈseti]; born 9 February 1984) is an Argentine football manager...
- Ercole Setti (c.1530–1618) was an Italian engraver and painter of the late-Renaissance period. Setti was born in Modena. His pen-and-ink drawings show...