tactful
         adj 1: having or showing a sense of what is fitting and
                  considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful
                  enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark
                  eased her embarrassment" [ant: {tactless}, {untactful}]
         2: showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by
            diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a
            tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-
            glove treatment on Capitol Hill" [syn: {tactful}, {kid-
            glove}]

English Dictionary: text file	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tactfully adv showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner; "he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble" Antonym(s): tactlessly
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tactfulness n consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense Synonym(s): tact, tactfulness Antonym(s): tactlessness
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take a dive v pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer
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take advantage v draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" Synonym(s): capitalize, capitalise, take advantage make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" Synonym(s): trespass, take advantage
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take the bull by the horns v face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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take the field v go on a campaign; go off to war [syn: campaign, {take the field}] go on the playing field, of a football team
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take the Fifth v refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself Synonym(s): take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
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take the Fifth Amendment v refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself Synonym(s): take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
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take the floor v stand up to dance rise in order to make a speech or motion
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take the veil v become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after her fiance died"
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take to be v look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" Synonym(s): think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be
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takeout food n prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" Synonym(s): takeout, takeout food, takeaway
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taste bud n an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue Synonym(s): tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
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taste perception n the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" Synonym(s): taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
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taste property n a property appreciated via the sense of taste
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tastebud n an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue Synonym(s): tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
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tasteful adj having or showing or conforming to good taste [ant: tasteless] free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" Synonym(s): neat, refined, tasteful
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tastefully adv with taste; in a tasteful manner; "the house was tastefully decorated" Synonym(s): tastefully, tastily Antonym(s): tastelessly
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tastefulness n elegance indicated by good taste Antonym(s): tastelessness
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tax advantage n an advantage bestowed by legislation that reduces a tax on some preferred activity
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test ban n a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
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test bed n a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions
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test fly v test a plane
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test paper n a written examination [syn: test paper, {examination paper}, exam paper, question sheet] paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
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test period n a period of time during which someone or something is tested Synonym(s): trial period, test period
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test pilot n a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
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test tube n glass tube closed at one end
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test-tube baby n a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
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testifier n a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
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testify v give testimony in a court of law [syn: testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness] provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" Synonym(s): testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
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text file n (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters Synonym(s): text file, document
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textbook adj according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example" Synonym(s): casebook, textbook n a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" Synonym(s): textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text Antonym(s): trade book, trade edition
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thicket-forming adj tending to form dense thickets
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thought process n the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" Synonym(s): thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
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thought-provoking adj stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book" Synonym(s): challenging, thought-provoking
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thoughtful adj having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay" exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper" Antonym(s): thoughtless acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man" Synonym(s): thoughtful, serious-minded taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" Synonym(s): heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention Antonym(s): heedless, unheeding considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
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thoughtfully adv in a thoughtful manner; "he stared thoughtfully out the window" Antonym(s): thoughtlessly, unthinking, unthinkingly showing consideration and thoughtfulness; "he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share" Antonym(s): thoughtlessly
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thoughtfulness n a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness] kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings" Synonym(s): consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness Antonym(s): inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness the trait of thinking carefully before acting Antonym(s): thoughtlessness, unthoughtfulness a considerate and thoughtful act Synonym(s): consideration, thoughtfulness
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ticket book n a book of tickets that can be torn out and used
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ticket booth n the office where tickets of admission are sold [syn: {box office}, ticket office, ticket booth]
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ticket office n the office where tickets of admission are sold [syn: {box office}, ticket office, ticket booth]
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ticket-of-leave n a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
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tight fitting adj fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes" Synonym(s): tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
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tight-fitting adj fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes" Synonym(s): tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
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tightfisted adj unwilling to part with money [syn: closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted]
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tightfistedness n extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]
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tightfitting adj fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes" Synonym(s): tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
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tissue typing n a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible
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togged up adj dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p), dressed-up, dressed to the nines(p), dressed to kill(p), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up]
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touch typing n typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time Synonym(s): touch typing, touch system
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touch-type v type without looking at the keyboard
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touch-typist n a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard
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twist bit n a bit or drill having deep helical grooves [syn: {twist bit}, twist drill]
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two-step n a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps v dance the two-step
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to       Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.       tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.]       Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,       usually of a blackish color. The French truffle ({Tuber       melanosporum}) and the English truffle ({T. [91]stivum}) are       much esteemed as articles of food.          {Truffle worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus             {Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8T88te-de-pont \[d8]T[88]te`-de-pont"\       (t[amac]t`d[eit]*p[ocir]N"), n.; pl. {T[88]tes-de-pont}. [F.,       head of a bridge.] (Mil.)       A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy,       for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tactable \Tac"ta*ble\, a.       Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] [bd]They [women]       being created to be both tractable and tactable.[b8]       --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tactful \Tact"ful\, a.       Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is       right, proper, or judicious.
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Tastable \Tast"a*ble\, a.       Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taste \Taste\, n.       1. The act of tasting; gustation.          2. A particular sensation excited by the application of a             substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any             substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as,             the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an             acid taste; a sweet taste.          3. (Physiol.) The one of the five senses by which certain             properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor)             are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.          Note: Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter                with the terminal organs (connected with branches of                the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the                papill[91] on the surface of the tongue. The base of                the tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter                substances, the point to sweet and acid substances.          4. Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with             of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.                         I have no taste Of popular applause.   --Dryden.          5. The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human             performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order,             congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes             excellence, particularly in the fine arts and             belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.          6. Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in             accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in             good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.          7. Essay; trial; experience; experiment. --Shak.          8. A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece             tastted of eaten; a bit. --Bacon.          9. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.          Syn: Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout.          Usage: {Taste}, {Sensibility}, {Judgment}. Some consider                   taste as a mere sensibility, and others as a simple                   exercise of judgment; but a union of both is requisite                   to the existence of anything which deserves the name.                   An original sense of the beautiful is just as                   necessary to [91]sthetic judgments, as a sense of                   right and wrong to the formation of any just                   conclusions or moral subjects. But this [bd]sense of                   the beautiful[b8] is not an arbitrary principle. It is                   under the guidance of reason; it grows in delicacy and                   correctness with the progress of the individual and of                   society at large; it has its laws, which are seated in                   the nature of man; and it is in the development of                   these laws that we find the true [bd]standard of                   taste.[b8]                               What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,                            Active and strong, and feelingly alive To each                            fine impulse? a discerning sense Of decent and                            sublime, with quick disgust From things                            deformed, or disarranged, or gross In species?                            This, nor gems, nor stores of gold, Nor purple                            state, nor culture, can bestow, But God alone,                            when first his active hand Imprints the secret                            bias of the soul.                        --Akenside.          {Taste of buds}, [or] {Taste of goblets} (Anat.), the             flask-shaped end organs of taste in the epithelium of the             tongue. They are made up of modified epithelial cells             arranged somewhat like leaves in a bud.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taste \Taste\, n.       1. The act of tasting; gustation.          2. A particular sensation excited by the application of a             substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any             substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as,             the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an             acid taste; a sweet taste.          3. (Physiol.) The one of the five senses by which certain             properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor)             are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.          Note: Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter                with the terminal organs (connected with branches of                the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the                papill[91] on the surface of the tongue. The base of                the tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter                substances, the point to sweet and acid substances.          4. Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with             of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.                         I have no taste Of popular applause.   --Dryden.          5. The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human             performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order,             congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes             excellence, particularly in the fine arts and             belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.          6. Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in             accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in             good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.          7. Essay; trial; experience; experiment. --Shak.          8. A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece             tastted of eaten; a bit. --Bacon.          9. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.          Syn: Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout.          Usage: {Taste}, {Sensibility}, {Judgment}. Some consider                   taste as a mere sensibility, and others as a simple                   exercise of judgment; but a union of both is requisite                   to the existence of anything which deserves the name.                   An original sense of the beautiful is just as                   necessary to [91]sthetic judgments, as a sense of                   right and wrong to the formation of any just                   conclusions or moral subjects. But this [bd]sense of                   the beautiful[b8] is not an arbitrary principle. It is                   under the guidance of reason; it grows in delicacy and                   correctness with the progress of the individual and of                   society at large; it has its laws, which are seated in                   the nature of man; and it is in the development of                   these laws that we find the true [bd]standard of                   taste.[b8]                               What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,                            Active and strong, and feelingly alive To each                            fine impulse? a discerning sense Of decent and                            sublime, with quick disgust From things                            deformed, or disarranged, or gross In species?                            This, nor gems, nor stores of gold, Nor purple                            state, nor culture, can bestow, But God alone,                            when first his active hand Imprints the secret                            bias of the soul.                        --Akenside.          {Taste of buds}, [or] {Taste of goblets} (Anat.), the             flask-shaped end organs of taste in the epithelium of the             tongue. They are made up of modified epithelial cells             arranged somewhat like leaves in a bud.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tasteful \Taste"ful\, a.       1. Having a high relish; savory. [bd]Tasteful herbs.[b8]             --Pope.          2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good             taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- {Taste"ful*ly},             adv. -- {Taste"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tasteful \Taste"ful\, a.       1. Having a high relish; savory. [bd]Tasteful herbs.[b8]             --Pope.          2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good             taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- {Taste"ful*ly},             adv. -- {Taste"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tasteful \Taste"ful\, a.       1. Having a high relish; savory. [bd]Tasteful herbs.[b8]             --Pope.          2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good             taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- {Taste"ful*ly},             adv. -- {Taste"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectibranch \Tec`ti*branch\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectibranchiate \Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. tectus (p. p. of       tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to       the Tectibranchiata. -- n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[88]t,       from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of       burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta,       and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. {Thirst}, and       {Terrace}), but cf. Zend tasta cup. Cf. {Test} a shell,       {Testaceous}, {Tester} a covering, a coin, {Testy},       {T[88]te-[85]-t[88]te}.]       1. (Metal.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious             metals are melted for trial and refinement.                         Our ingots, tests, and many mo.         --Chaucer.          2. Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical             examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's             assertions to a test. [bd]Bring me to the test.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.                         Each test every light her muse will bear. --Dryden.          4. That with which anything is compared for proof of its             genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.                         Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once                      the source, and end, and test of art. --Pope.          5. Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment;             ground of admission or exclusion.                         Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. --Dryden.          6. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.                         Who would excel, when few can make a test Betwixt                      indifferent writing and the best?      --Dryden.          7. (Chem.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish             any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as             the production of some characteristic precipitate; also,             the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the             ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a             white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of             some soluble barium salt.          {Test act} (Eng. Law), an act of the English Parliament             prescribing a form of oath and declaration against             transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and             military, were formerly obliged to take within six months             after their admission to office. They were obliged also to             receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church             of England. --Blackstone.          {Test object} (Optics), an object which tests the power or             quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a             certain degree of excellence in the instrument to             determine its existence or its peculiar texture or             markings.          {Test paper}.             (a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain                   substances by being saturated with a reagent which                   changes color in some specific way when acted upon by                   those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by                   acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned                   brown by alkalies, etc.             (b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or                   comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in                   which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of                   proving handwriting.          {Test tube}. (Chem.)             (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for                   heating solutions and for performing ordinary                   reactions.             (b) A graduated tube.          Syn: Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment;                trial.          Usage: {Test}, {Trial}. Trial is the wider term; test is a                   searching and decisive trial. It is derived from the                   Latin testa (earthen pot), which term was early                   applied to the fining pot, or crucible, in which                   metals are melted for trial and refinement. Hence the                   peculiar force of the word, as indicating a trial or                   criterion of the most decisive kind.                               I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose                            trial shall better publish his commediation.                                                                               --Shak.                               Thy virtue, prince, has stood the test of                            fortune, Like purest gold, that tortured in the                            furnace, Comes out more bright, and brings forth                            all its weight.                           --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[88]t,       from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of       burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta,       and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. {Thirst}, and       {Terrace}), but cf. Zend tasta cup. Cf. {Test} a shell,       {Testaceous}, {Tester} a covering, a coin, {Testy},       {T[88]te-[85]-t[88]te}.]       1. (Metal.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious             metals are melted for trial and refinement.                         Our ingots, tests, and many mo.         --Chaucer.          2. Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical             examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's             assertions to a test. [bd]Bring me to the test.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.                         Each test every light her muse will bear. --Dryden.          4. That with which anything is compared for proof of its             genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.                         Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once                      the source, and end, and test of art. --Pope.          5. Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment;             ground of admission or exclusion.                         Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. --Dryden.          6. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.                         Who would excel, when few can make a test Betwixt                      indifferent writing and the best?      --Dryden.          7. (Chem.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish             any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as             the production of some characteristic precipitate; also,             the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the             ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a             white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of             some soluble barium salt.          {Test act} (Eng. Law), an act of the English Parliament             prescribing a form of oath and declaration against             transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and             military, were formerly obliged to take within six months             after their admission to office. They were obliged also to             receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church             of England. --Blackstone.          {Test object} (Optics), an object which tests the power or             quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a             certain degree of excellence in the instrument to             determine its existence or its peculiar texture or             markings.          {Test paper}.             (a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain                   substances by being saturated with a reagent which                   changes color in some specific way when acted upon by                   those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by                   acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned                   brown by alkalies, etc.             (b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or                   comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in                   which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of                   proving handwriting.          {Test tube}. (Chem.)             (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for                   heating solutions and for performing ordinary                   reactions.             (b) A graduated tube.          Syn: Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment;                trial.          Usage: {Test}, {Trial}. Trial is the wider term; test is a                   searching and decisive trial. It is derived from the                   Latin testa (earthen pot), which term was early                   applied to the fining pot, or crucible, in which                   metals are melted for trial and refinement. Hence the                   peculiar force of the word, as indicating a trial or                   criterion of the most decisive kind.                               I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose                            trial shall better publish his commediation.                                                                               --Shak.                               Thy virtue, prince, has stood the test of                            fortune, Like purest gold, that tortured in the                            furnace, Comes out more bright, and brings forth                            all its weight.                           --Addison.
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Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[88]t,       from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of       burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta,       and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. {Thirst}, and       {Terrace}), but cf. Zend tasta cup. Cf. {Test} a shell,       {Testaceous}, {Tester} a covering, a coin, {Testy},       {T[88]te-[85]-t[88]te}.]       1. (Metal.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious             metals are melted for trial and refinement.                         Our ingots, tests, and many mo.         --Chaucer.          2. Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical             examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's             assertions to a test. [bd]Bring me to the test.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.                         Each test every light her muse will bear. --Dryden.          4. That with which anything is compared for proof of its             genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.                         Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once                      the source, and end, and test of art. --Pope.          5. Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment;             ground of admission or exclusion.                         Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. --Dryden.          6. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.                         Who would excel, when few can make a test Betwixt                      indifferent writing and the best?      --Dryden.          7. (Chem.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish             any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as             the production of some characteristic precipitate; also,             the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the             ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a             white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of             some soluble barium salt.          {Test act} (Eng. Law), an act of the English Parliament             prescribing a form of oath and declaration against             transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and             military, were formerly obliged to take within six months             after their admission to office. They were obliged also to             receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church             of England. --Blackstone.          {Test object} (Optics), an object which tests the power or             quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a             certain degree of excellence in the instrument to             determine its existence or its peculiar texture or             markings.          {Test paper}.             (a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain                   substances by being saturated with a reagent which                   changes color in some specific way when acted upon by                   those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by                   acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned                   brown by alkalies, etc.             (b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or                   comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in                   which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of                   proving handwriting.          {Test tube}. (Chem.)             (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for                   heating solutions and for performing ordinary                   reactions.             (b) A graduated tube.          Syn: Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment;                trial.          Usage: {Test}, {Trial}. Trial is the wider term; test is a                   searching and decisive trial. It is derived from the                   Latin testa (earthen pot), which term was early                   applied to the fining pot, or crucible, in which                   metals are melted for trial and refinement. Hence the                   peculiar force of the word, as indicating a trial or                   criterion of the most decisive kind.                               I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose                            trial shall better publish his commediation.                                                                               --Shak.                               Thy virtue, prince, has stood the test of                            fortune, Like purest gold, that tortured in the                            furnace, Comes out more bright, and brings forth                            all its weight.                           --Addison.
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Testable \Test"a*ble\, a. [See {Testament}.]       1. Capable of being tested or proved.          2. Capable of being devised, or given by will.
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Testif \Tes"tif\, a. [See {Testy}.]       Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.]                   Testif they were and lusty for to play.   --Chaucer.
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Testification \Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. testificatio: cf. OF.       testification. See {Testify}.]       The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a       direct testification of our homage to God. --South.
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Testificator \Tes"ti*fi*ca`tor\, n. [NL.]       A testifier.
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Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Testified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Testifying}.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis       a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}, and cf.       {Attest}, {Contest}, {Detest}, {Protest}, {Testament}.]       1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to             establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of             communicating to others a knowledge of something not known             to them.                         Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of                      man, for he knew what was in man.      --John ii. 25.          2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or             affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making             proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a             cause depending before a tribunal.                         One witness shall not testify against any person to                      cause him to die.                              --Num. xxxv.                                                                               30.          3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to             bear witness; -- with against.                         O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. --Ps.                                                                               l. 7.                         I testified against them in the day wherein they                      sold victuals.                                    --Neh. xiii.                                                                               15.
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Testifier \Tes"ti*fi`er\, n.       One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness       to prove anything; a witness.
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Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. t.       1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony;             to affirm or declare solemny.                         We speak that we do know, and testify that we have                      seen; and ye receive not our witness. --John iii.                                                                               11.          2. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation             before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
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Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Testified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Testifying}.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis       a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}, and cf.       {Attest}, {Contest}, {Detest}, {Protest}, {Testament}.]       1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to             establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of             communicating to others a knowledge of something not known             to them.                         Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of                      man, for he knew what was in man.      --John ii. 25.          2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or             affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making             proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a             cause depending before a tribunal.                         One witness shall not testify against any person to                      cause him to die.                              --Num. xxxv.                                                                               30.          3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to             bear witness; -- with against.                         O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. --Ps.                                                                               l. 7.                         I testified against them in the day wherein they                      sold victuals.                                    --Neh. xiii.                                                                               15.
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Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, adv.       In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
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Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Testified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Testifying}.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis       a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}, and cf.       {Attest}, {Contest}, {Detest}, {Protest}, {Testament}.]       1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to             establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of             communicating to others a knowledge of something not known             to them.                         Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of                      man, for he knew what was in man.      --John ii. 25.          2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or             affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making             proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a             cause depending before a tribunal.                         One witness shall not testify against any person to                      cause him to die.                              --Num. xxxv.                                                                               30.          3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to             bear witness; -- with against.                         O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. --Ps.                                                                               l. 7.                         I testified against them in the day wherein they                      sold victuals.                                    --Neh. xiii.                                                                               15.
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{Text blindness}. (Physiol.) See {Word blindness}, under             {Word}.          {Text letter}, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]          {Text pen}, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in             writing text-hand.
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{Text blindness}. (Physiol.) See {Word blindness}, under             {Word}.          {Text letter}, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]          {Text pen}, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in             writing text-hand.
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Text-book \Text"-book`\, n.       1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room             for notes.          2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher             lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a             schoolbook.
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Jib \Jib\, n. [Named from its shifting from side to side. See       {Jib}, v. i.., {Jibe}.]       1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard             extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the             bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry             several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.          2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load             is suspended.          {Jib boom} (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an             extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by             another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also             {gib boom}.]          {Jib crane} (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which             a trolley moves, bearing the load.          {Jib door} (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without             dressings or moldings; a disguised door.          {Jib header} (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a             jib-headed topsail.          {Jib topsail} (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of             all the other jibs.          {The cut of one's jib}, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]             --Sir W. Scott.
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Cut \Cut\, n.       1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash;             a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.          2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged             instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.          3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or             criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as             neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him;             a slight.                         Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped                      his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut                      indeed.                                             --W. Irving.          4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a             furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.                         This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to                      have made a great deal wider and deeper. --Knolles.          5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.          6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of             beef; a cut of timber.                         It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the                      group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or                      types.                                                --Dana.          7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an             engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.          8.             (a) The act of dividing a pack cards.             (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?          9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style;             fashion; as, the cut of a garment.                         With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. --Shak.          10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]                         He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present             at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]          12. A skein of yarn. --Wright.          {A cut in rates} (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight             charges, etc., below the established rates.          {A short cut}, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts             off a circuitous passage.          {The cut of one's jib}, the general appearance of a person.             [Colloq.]          {To draw cuts}, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal             lengths.                         Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the                      shortest shall begin.                        --Chaucer.
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Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E.       lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be       lustful. See {Lief}.]       1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which             delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or             devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love             of brothers and sisters.                         Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest                      sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.                                                                               --Keble.          2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate             affection for, one of the opposite sex.                         He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of                      cordial love Hung over her enamored.   --Milton.          3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,             to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.                         Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter,                      Helena, And won her soul.                  --Shak.          4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or             desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often             with of and an object.                         Love, and health to all.                     --Shak.                         Smit with the love of sacred song.      --Milton.                         The love of science faintly warmed his breast.                                                                               --Fenton.          5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.                         Keep yourselves in the love of God.   --Jude 21.          6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing             address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden.                         Open the temple gates unto my love.   --Spenser.          7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.                         Such was his form as painters, when they show Their                      utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.      --Dryden.                         Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.                                                                               --Shak.          8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.          9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}).          10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in             counting score at tennis, etc.                         He won the match by three sets to love. --The                                                                               Field.          Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in                most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,                love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,                love-taught, etc.          {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard             for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,             without expectation of reward.          {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one             of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See             {Free love}.          {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love.          {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of             the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.          {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato.          {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small,             short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus             {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from             Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are             celebrated for the affection which they show for their             mates.          {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between             lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.          {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.          {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.          {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable             adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.             --Chaucer.          {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.          {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love.          {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some             religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,             in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians.          {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.          {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished             person or party does not score a point.          {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus             {Eragrostis}.          {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.)             (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena})                   having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut                   bracts.             (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has                   similar bracts.          {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.                         A little western flower, Before milk-white, now                      purple with love's wound; And maidens call it                      love-in-idleness.                              --Shak.          {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.             --Shak.          {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from             being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual             affection. --Milman.          {Love lass}, a sweetheart.          {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak.          {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth             ({Amarantus melancholicus}).          {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone.          {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love,             or venereal desire.          {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope          {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the             stage.          {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak.          {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means.             [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come             back again.[b8] --Holinshed.          {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid.          {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If             you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak.          {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without             stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb.          Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;                delight.
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Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or       {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS.       st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab,       Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element,       rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.]       1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an             instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many             purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or             pike.                         And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of                      the altar to bear it withal.               --Ex. xxxviii.                                                                               7.                         With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.          2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a             person walking; hence, a support; that which props or             upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman.                         The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.                         He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8]                      and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of                      the staffs of life which had been struck from the                      poor man's hand.                                 --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.          3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a             badge of office; as, a constable's staff.                         Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,                      Was broke in twain.                           --Shak.                         All his officers brake their staves; but at their                      return new staves were delivered unto them.                                                                               --Hayward.          4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.          5. The round of a ladder. [R.]                         I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and                      thirty-nine staves.                           --Dr. J.                                                                               Campbell (E.                                                                               Brown's                                                                               Travels).          6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,             the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.                         Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for                      an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.          7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is             written; -- formerly called stave.          8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.          9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,             used in cutting for stone in the bladder.          10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An             establishment of officers in various departments attached             to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander             of an army. The general's staff consists of those             officers about his person who are employed in carrying             his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}.          11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect             the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff             of a newspaper.          {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,             pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the             ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,             instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.          {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush             with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles             of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.          {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of             life.[b8] --Swift.          {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus},             mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The             American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called             {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3             (b) .          {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to             take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
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Thick \Thick\ (th[icr]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[etil]r);       superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D.       dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick,       Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[94]kkr, and probably to Gael. &       Ir. tiugh. Cf. {Tight}.]       1. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and             breadth, or in general dimension other than length; --             said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.                         Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer.                         My little finger shall be thicker than my father's                      loins.                                                --1 Kings xii.                                                                               10.          2. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its             opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick             plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.          3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used             figuratively; as, thick darkness.                         Make the gruel thick and slab.            --Shak.          4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty;             as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.             [bd]In a thick, misty day.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.          5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set;             following in quick succession; frequently recurring.                         The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi.                                                                               29.                         Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good             articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.          7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak.          8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak.                         His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible.                                                                               --Shak.          9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]                         We have been thick ever since.            --T. Hughes.          Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most                of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred,                thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying,                thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped,                thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed,                thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.          {Thick register}. (Phon.) See the Note under {Register}, n.,             7.          {Thick stuff} (Naut.), all plank that is more than four             inches thick and less than twelve. --J. Knowles.
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Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.       1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative;             as, a man of thoughtful mind.                         War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.                                                                               --Pope.          2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the             mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain;             thoughtful in seeking truth. --Glanvill.          3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.                         Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And                      thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. --Prior.          Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive;                careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.          Usage: {Thoughtful}, {Considerate}. He who is habitually                   thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true                   interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and                   guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful                   by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually                   be guarded against serious mistakes. [bd]He who is                   thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is                   considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his                   duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person                   to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is                   the recommendation of a confidential person to be                   considerate, as he has often to judge according to his                   own discretion. --Crabb. -- {Thought"ful*ly}, adv. --                   {Thought"ful*ness}, n.
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Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.       1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative;             as, a man of thoughtful mind.                         War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.                                                                               --Pope.          2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the             mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain;             thoughtful in seeking truth. --Glanvill.          3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.                         Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And                      thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. --Prior.          Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive;                careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.          Usage: {Thoughtful}, {Considerate}. He who is habitually                   thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true                   interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and                   guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful                   by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually                   be guarded against serious mistakes. [bd]He who is                   thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is                   considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his                   duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person                   to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is                   the recommendation of a confidential person to be                   considerate, as he has often to judge according to his                   own discretion. --Crabb. -- {Thought"ful*ly}, adv. --                   {Thought"ful*ness}, n.
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Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.       1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative;             as, a man of thoughtful mind.                         War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.                                                                               --Pope.          2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the             mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain;             thoughtful in seeking truth. --Glanvill.          3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.                         Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And                      thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. --Prior.          Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive;                careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.          Usage: {Thoughtful}, {Considerate}. He who is habitually                   thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true                   interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and                   guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful                   by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually                   be guarded against serious mistakes. [bd]He who is                   thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is                   considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his                   duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person                   to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is                   the recommendation of a confidential person to be                   considerate, as he has often to judge according to his                   own discretion. --Crabb. -- {Thought"ful*ly}, adv. --                   {Thought"ful*ness}, n.
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Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. [82]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF.       estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic       origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, n. & v., and cf.       {Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.]       A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a       notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.       Specifically:       (a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]                         He constantly read his lectures twice a week for                      above forty years, giving notice of the time to his                      auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller.       (b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.]          Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by                abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st {Tick}.                            Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets                         On ticket for his mistress.            --J. Cotgrave.       (c) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place             of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a             theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.       (d) A label to show the character or price of goods.       (e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other             scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.       (f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for             at an election; a set of nominations by one party for             election; a ballot. [U. S.]                         The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four                      votes.                                             --Sarah                                                                               Franklin                                                                               (1766).          {Scratched ticket}, a ticket from which the names of one or             more of the candidates are scratched out.          {Split ticket}, a ticket representing different divisions of             a party, or containing candidates selected from two or             more parties.          {Straight ticket}, a ticket containing the regular             nominations of a party, without change.          {Ticket day} (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day             on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual             purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.             [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket of leave}, a license or permit given to a convict, or             prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for             himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to             certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which             he may be identified. [Eng.]
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Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. [82]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF.       estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic       origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, n. & v., and cf.       {Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.]       A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a       notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.       Specifically:       (a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]                         He constantly read his lectures twice a week for                      above forty years, giving notice of the time to his                      auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller.       (b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.]          Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by                abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st {Tick}.                            Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets                         On ticket for his mistress.            --J. Cotgrave.       (c) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place             of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a             theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.       (d) A label to show the character or price of goods.       (e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other             scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.       (f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for             at an election; a set of nominations by one party for             election; a ballot. [U. S.]                         The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four                      votes.                                             --Sarah                                                                               Franklin                                                                               (1766).          {Scratched ticket}, a ticket from which the names of one or             more of the candidates are scratched out.          {Split ticket}, a ticket representing different divisions of             a party, or containing candidates selected from two or             more parties.          {Straight ticket}, a ticket containing the regular             nominations of a party, without change.          {Ticket day} (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day             on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual             purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.             [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket of leave}, a license or permit given to a convict, or             prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for             himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to             certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.          {Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which             he may be identified. [Eng.]
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Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Acting}.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but       influenced by E. act, n.]       1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]                         Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]                         That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no                      greater than our necessity.               --Jer. Taylor.                         Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and                      facility of acting things expedient for us to do.                                                                               --Barrow.                         Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act                      extortion and the worst of crimes.      --Cowper.          3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the             stage.          4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to             personate; as, to act the hero.          5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.                         With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.          {To act a part}, to sustain the part of one of the characters             in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.          {To act the part of}, to take the character of; to fulfill             the duties of.
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Possum \Pos"sum\, n. [Shortened from opossum.] (Zo[94]l.)       An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.]          {To play possum}, {To act possum}, to feign ignorance,             indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive;             to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum,             which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.
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Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Acting}.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but       influenced by E. act, n.]       1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]                         Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]                         That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no                      greater than our necessity.               --Jer. Taylor.                         Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and                      facility of acting things expedient for us to do.                                                                               --Barrow.                         Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act                      extortion and the worst of crimes.      --Cowper.          3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the             stage.          4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to             personate; as, to act the hero.          5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.                         With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.          {To act a part}, to sustain the part of one of the characters             in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.          {To act the part of}, to take the character of; to fulfill             the duties of.
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Act \Act\, v. i.       1. To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts             upon food.          2. To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth             energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry             into effect a determination of the will.                         He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest. --Pope.          3. To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or             public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know             not why he has acted so.          4. To perform on the stage; to represent a character.                         To show the world how Garrick did not act. --Cowper.          {To act as} [or] {for}, to do the work of; to serve as.          {To act on}, to regulate one's conduct according to.          {To act up to}, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice;             as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.
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Feather \Feath"er\, n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[?]der; akin to D.       veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[94][?]r, Sw.       fj[84]der, Dan. fj[91]der, Gr. [?] wing, feather, [?] to fly,       Skr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna       feather, wing. [root]76, 248. Cf. {Pen} a feather.]       1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,             belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.          Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow                basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming                the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs,                implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of                slender lamin[91] or barbs, which usually bear                barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are                fastened together. See {Down}, {Quill}, {Plumage}.          2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase,             [bd]Birds of a feather,[b8] that is, of the same species.             [R.]                         I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when                      he must need me.                                 --Shak.          3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some             other dogs.          4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.          5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.          6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin             from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in             another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise             but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.          7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts             of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the             stone. --Knight.          8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float,             with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or             enters the water.          Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning                composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as,                feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster.          {Feather alum} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina,             resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition             of iron pyrites; -- called also {halotrichite}. --Ure.          {Feather bed}, a bed filled with feathers.          {Feather driver}, one who prepares feathers by beating.          {Feather duster}, a dusting brush of feathers.          {Feather flower}, an artifical flower made of feathers, for             ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.          {Feather grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa pennata})             which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the             chaffy scales which inclose the grain.          {Feather maker}, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers,             real or artificial.          {Feather ore} (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead,             sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but             also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.          {Feather shot}, [or] {Feathered shot} (Metal.), copper             granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond.          {Feather spray} (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of             feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.          {Feather star}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Comatula}.          {Feather weight}. (Racing)             (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would                   turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.             (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a                   horse in racing. --Youatt.             (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the                   lightest of the classes into which contestants are                   divided; -- in contradistinction to {light weight},                   {middle weight}, and {heavy weight}.          {A feather in the cap} an honour, trophy, or mark of             distinction. [Colloq.]          {To be in full feather}, to be in full dress or in one's best             clothes. [Collog.]          {To be in high feather}, to be in high spirits. [Collog.]          {To cut a feather}.             (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion                   to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.             (b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.]          {To show the white feather}, to betray cowardice, -- a white             feather in the tail of a cock being considered an             indication that he is not of the true game breed.
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2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8          {Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See             under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc.          {Figure caster}, [or] {Figure flinger}, an astrologer.             [bd]This figure caster.[b8] --Milton.          {Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology.          {Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See             Illust. under {Knot}.          {Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act             or art of depicting the human figure.          {Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite.          {Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured             fabrics.          {To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.             Scott.
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[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
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Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,       AS. of, adv. & prep. [fb]194. See {Of}.]       In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:          1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile             off.          2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;             as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,             to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to             fly off, and the like.          3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,             interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the             pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.          4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;             as, to look off.          5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]                         The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either                      off or on.                                          --Bp.                                                                               Sanderson.          {From off}, off from; off. [bd]A live coal . . . taken with             the tongs from off the altar.[b8] --Is. vi. 6.          {Off and on}.             (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;                   occasionally.             (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away                   from, the land.          {To be off}.             (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a                   moment's warning.             (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the                   bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]          {To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.             See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.          {To get off}.             (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.             (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a                   trial. [Colloq.]          {To take off}, to mimic or personate.
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[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
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[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
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Up \Up\, adv. [AS. up, upp, [?]p; akin to OFries. up, op, D. op,       OS. [?]p, OHG. [?]f, G. auf, Icel. [?] Sw. upp, Dan. op,       Goth. iup, and probably to E. over. See {Over}.]       1. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of             gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above;             -- the opposite of {down}.                         But up or down, By center or eccentric, hard to                      tell.                                                --Milton.          2. Hence, in many derived uses, specifically:             (a) From a lower to a higher position, literally or                   figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting                   position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a                   river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from                   concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or                   the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or                   implied.                               But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop.                                                                               --Num. xiv.                                                                               44.                               I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth                            up.                                             --Ps.                                                                               lxxxviii. 15.                               Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye. --Chaucer.                               We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of                            Christian indifference.               --Atterbury.             (b) In a higher place or position, literally or                   figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an                   upright, or nearly upright, position; standing;                   mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation,                   prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement,                   insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest,                   situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a                   hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.                               And when the sun was up, they were scorched.                                                                               --Matt. xiii.                                                                               6.                               Those that were up themselves kept others low.                                                                               --Spenser.                               Helen was up -- was she?               --Shak.                               Rebels there are up, And put the Englishmen unto                            the sword.                                    --Shak.                               His name was up through all the adjoining                            provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring                            to see who he was that could withstand so many                            years the Roman puissance.            --Milton.                               Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms.                                                                               --Dryden.                               Grief and passion are like floods raised in                            little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly                            up.                                             --Dryden.                               A general whisper ran among the country people,                            that Sir Roger was up.                  --Addison.                               Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for                            any fate.                                    --Longfellow.             (c) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not                   short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or                   the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be                   up to the chin in water; to come up with one's                   companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to                   engagements.                               As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox                            to him.                                       --L'Estrange.             (d) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly;                   quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to                   burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the                   mouth; to sew up a rent.          Note: Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to                spend up (--Prov. xxi. 20); to kill up (--B. Jonson).             (e) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches;                   put up your weapons.          Note: Up is used elliptically for get up, rouse up, etc.,                expressing a command or exhortation. [bd]Up, and let us                be going.[b8] --Judg. xix. 28.                            Up, up, my friend! and quit your books, Or surely                         you 'll grow double.                     --Wordsworth.          {It is all up with him}, it is all over with him; he is lost.                      {The time is up}, the allotted time is past.          {To be up in}, to be informed about; to be versed in.             [bd]Anxious that their sons should be well up in the             superstitions of two thousand years ago.[b8] --H. Spencer.          {To be up to}.             (a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the                   business, or the emergency. [Colloq.]             (b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing                   ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to.                   [Colloq.]          {To blow up}.             (a) To inflate; to distend.             (b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath.             (c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up.             (d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang]          {To bring up}. See under {Bring}, v. t.          {To come up with}. See under {Come}, v. i.          {To cut up}. See under {Cut}, v. t. & i.          {To draw up}. See under {Draw}, v. t.          {To grow up}, to grow to maturity.          {Up anchor} (Naut.), the order to man the windlass             preparatory to hauling up the anchor.          {Up and down}.             (a) First up, and then down; from one state or position to                   another. See under {Down}, adv.                               Fortune . . . led him up and down. --Chaucer.             (b) (Naut.) Vertical; perpendicular; -- said of the cable                   when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse                   hole, and the cable is taut. --Totten.          {Up helm} (Naut.), the order given to move the tiller toward             the upper, or windward, side of a vessel.          {Up to snuff}. See under {Snuff}. [Slang]          {What is up?} What is going on? [Slang]
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[Colloq.]                An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop             whenever he can do so with impunity.            --Thomas                                                                               Hamilton.          {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}.          {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions,             in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change             the cards to be dealt.          {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.]                      {To cut down}.             (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.                   [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of                   Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles.             (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great                   is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest                   orator.[b8] --Addison             (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down                   expenses.             (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a                   sloop.          {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a             difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary             action, rather than by skill or patience.          {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw             lots.          {To cut off}.             (a) To sever; to separate.                               I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my                            brother's.                                    --Shak.             (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to                   destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by                   martyrdom.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off                   (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam                   engine.             (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.             (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.          {To cut out}.             (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a                   piece from a board.             (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment.                   [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out                   work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a                   place for himself.[b8] --Addison.             (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to                   cut out a rival. [Colloq.]             (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common                   acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope.             (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or                   from under the guns of an enemy.          {To cut to pieces}.             (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.             (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.          {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out             passages, to adapt it for the stage.          {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for             transportation below the rates established between             competing lines.          {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a             sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus             replied.[b8] --Dryden.          {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.             [Slang]          {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce             through the gum and appear.          {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing.             [Colloq.]          {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion.                      {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor             in trade.          {To cut up}.             (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.             (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut                   up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This                   doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8]                   --Locke.             (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the                   death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]                   --Thackeray.
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Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), v. i.       1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or             gashing; as, a knife cuts well.          2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting             instrument.                         Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.                                                                               --Holmes.          3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising,             intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.                         He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting                      for the stone.                                    --Pope.          4. To make a stroke with a whip.          5. To interfere, as a horse.          6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]          7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the             deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be             dealt.          {To cut across}, to pass over or through in the most direct             way; as, to cut across a field.          {To cut and run}, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from             the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to             raise the anchor. [Colloq.]          {To cut} {in [or] into}, to interrupt; to join in anything             suddenly.          {To cut up}.             (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.]             (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the                   property left at one's death turn out well or poorly                   when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.]                   [bd]When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan                   Pendennis.[b8] --Thackeray.
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Shine \Shine\, n.       1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster,             gloss; polish; sheen.                         Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. --Milton.                         Fair opening to some court's propitious shine.                                                                               --Pope.                         The distant shine of the celestial city.                                                                               --Hawthorne.          2. Sunshine; fair weather.                         Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. --Dryden.          3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]          4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]          {To cut up shines}, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. {Got} (g[ocr]t) (Obs. {Gat}       (g[acr]t)); p. p. {Got} (Obsolescent {Gotten} (g[ocr]t"t'n));       p. pr. & vb. n. {Getting}.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in       comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L.       prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain.       Cf. {Comprehend}, {Enterprise}, {Forget}, {Impregnable},       {Prehensile}.]       1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire;             to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to             win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to             get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by             purchase, etc.          2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession             of; to have. --Johnson.                         Thou hast got the face of man.            --Herbert.          3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.                         I had rather to adopt a child than get it. --Shak.          4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to             memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out;             as, to get out one's Greek lesson.                         It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart,                      than to pen twenty.                           --Bp. Fell.          5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.                         Get him to say his prayers.               --Shak.          6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or             condition; -- with a following participle.                         Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched.                                                                               --Shak.          7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.                         Get thee out from this land.               --Gen. xxxi.                                                                               13.                         He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of                      Mega.                                                --Knolles.          Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs                implying motion, to express the causing to, or the                effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of                motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in,                to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get                in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract;                to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to                cause to come together, to collect.          {To get by heart}, to commit to memory.          {To get the better of}, {To get the best of}, to obtain an             advantage over; to surpass; to subdue.          {To get up}, to cause to be established or to exit; to             prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get             up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.          Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See {Obtain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,       AS. of, adv. & prep. [fb]194. See {Of}.]       In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:          1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile             off.          2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;             as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,             to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to             fly off, and the like.          3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,             interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the             pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.          4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;             as, to look off.          5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]                         The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either                      off or on.                                          --Bp.                                                                               Sanderson.          {From off}, off from; off. [bd]A live coal . . . taken with             the tongs from off the altar.[b8] --Is. vi. 6.          {Off and on}.             (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;                   occasionally.             (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away                   from, the land.          {To be off}.             (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a                   moment's warning.             (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the                   bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]          {To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.             See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.          {To get off}.             (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.             (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a                   trial. [Colloq.]          {To take off}, to mimic or personate.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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Best \Best\, n.       Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing,       or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our       ability.          {At best}, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the             case; under the most favorable circumstances; as, life is             at best very short.          {For best}, finally. [Obs.] [bd]Those constitutions . . . are             now established for best, and not to be mended.[b8]             --Milton.          {To get the best of}, to gain an advantage over, whether             fairly or unfairly.          {To make the best of}.       (a) To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the             greatest advantage. [bd]Let there be freedom to carry             their commodities where they can make the best of             them.[b8] --Bacon.       (b) To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to             make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. {Got} (g[ocr]t) (Obs. {Gat}       (g[acr]t)); p. p. {Got} (Obsolescent {Gotten} (g[ocr]t"t'n));       p. pr. & vb. n. {Getting}.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in       comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L.       prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain.       Cf. {Comprehend}, {Enterprise}, {Forget}, {Impregnable},       {Prehensile}.]       1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire;             to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to             win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to             get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by             purchase, etc.          2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession             of; to have. --Johnson.                         Thou hast got the face of man.            --Herbert.          3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.                         I had rather to adopt a child than get it. --Shak.          4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to             memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out;             as, to get out one's Greek lesson.                         It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart,                      than to pen twenty.                           --Bp. Fell.          5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.                         Get him to say his prayers.               --Shak.          6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or             condition; -- with a following participle.                         Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched.                                                                               --Shak.          7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.                         Get thee out from this land.               --Gen. xxxi.                                                                               13.                         He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of                      Mega.                                                --Knolles.          Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs                implying motion, to express the causing to, or the                effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of                motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in,                to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get                in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract;                to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to                cause to come together, to collect.          {To get by heart}, to commit to memory.          {To get the better of}, {To get the best of}, to obtain an             advantage over; to surpass; to subdue.          {To get up}, to cause to be established or to exit; to             prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get             up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.          Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See {Obtain}.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. {Got} (g[ocr]t) (Obs. {Gat}       (g[acr]t)); p. p. {Got} (Obsolescent {Gotten} (g[ocr]t"t'n));       p. pr. & vb. n. {Getting}.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in       comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L.       prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain.       Cf. {Comprehend}, {Enterprise}, {Forget}, {Impregnable},       {Prehensile}.]       1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire;             to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to             win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to             get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by             purchase, etc.          2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession             of; to have. --Johnson.                         Thou hast got the face of man.            --Herbert.          3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.                         I had rather to adopt a child than get it. --Shak.          4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to             memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out;             as, to get out one's Greek lesson.                         It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart,                      than to pen twenty.                           --Bp. Fell.          5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.                         Get him to say his prayers.               --Shak.          6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or             condition; -- with a following participle.                         Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched.                                                                               --Shak.          7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.                         Get thee out from this land.               --Gen. xxxi.                                                                               13.                         He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of                      Mega.                                                --Knolles.          Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs                implying motion, to express the causing to, or the                effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of                motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in,                to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get                in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract;                to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to                cause to come together, to collect.          {To get by heart}, to commit to memory.          {To get the better of}, {To get the best of}, to obtain an             advantage over; to surpass; to subdue.          {To get up}, to cause to be established or to exit; to             prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get             up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.          Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See {Obtain}.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. {Got} (g[ocr]t) (Obs. {Gat}       (g[acr]t)); p. p. {Got} (Obsolescent {Gotten} (g[ocr]t"t'n));       p. pr. & vb. n. {Getting}.] [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in       comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L.       prehendere to seize, take, Gr. chanda`nein to hold, contain.       Cf. {Comprehend}, {Enterprise}, {Forget}, {Impregnable},       {Prehensile}.]       1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire;             to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to             win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to             get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by             purchase, etc.          2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession             of; to have. --Johnson.                         Thou hast got the face of man.            --Herbert.          3. To beget; to procreate; to generate.                         I had rather to adopt a child than get it. --Shak.          4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to             memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out;             as, to get out one's Greek lesson.                         It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart,                      than to pen twenty.                           --Bp. Fell.          5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.                         Get him to say his prayers.               --Shak.          6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or             condition; -- with a following participle.                         Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched.                                                                               --Shak.          7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.                         Get thee out from this land.               --Gen. xxxi.                                                                               13.                         He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of                      Mega.                                                --Knolles.          Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs                implying motion, to express the causing to, or the                effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of                motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in,                to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get                in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract;                to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to                cause to come together, to collect.          {To get by heart}, to commit to memory.          {To get the better of}, {To get the best of}, to obtain an             advantage over; to surpass; to subdue.          {To get up}, to cause to be established or to exit; to             prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get             up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.          Syn: To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See {Obtain}.
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Get \Get\ (g[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive             accessions; to be increased.                         We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state,             condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with             a following adjective or past participle belonging to the             subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to             get beaten; to get elected.                         To get rid of fools and scoundrels.   --Pope.                         His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.                                                                               --Coleridge.          Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice,                or a power of verbal expression which is neither active                nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten,                confused, dressed. --Earle.          Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following                preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the                part of the subject of the act, movement or action of                the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in                the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way,                to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave,                to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down,                to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or                figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress;                hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to                enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape;                to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be                done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to                alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape,                to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to                convene.          {To get ahead}, to advance; to prosper.          {To get along}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get a mile} (or other distance), to pass over it in             traveling.          {To get among}, to go or come into the company of; to become             one of a number.          {To get asleep}, to fall asleep.          {To get astray}, to wander out of the right way.          {To get at}, to reach; to make way to.          {To get away with}, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get             the better of; to defeat.          {To get back}, to arrive at the place from which one             departed; to return.          {To get before}, to arrive in front, or more forward.          {To get behind}, to fall in the rear; to lag.          {To get between}, to arrive between.          {To get beyond}, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to             surpass. [bd]Three score and ten is the age of man, a few             get beyond it.[b8] --Thackeray.          {To get clear}, to disengage one's self; to be released, as             from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed             from danger or embarrassment.          {To get drunk}, to become intoxicated.          {To get forward}, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper;             to advance in wealth.          {To get home}, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim.          {To get into}.             (a) To enter, as, [bd]she prepared to get into the                   coach.[b8] --Dickens.             (b) To pass into, or reach; as, [bd] a language has got                   into the inflated state.[b8] --Keary.          {To get} {loose [or] free}, to disengage one's self; to be             released from confinement.          {To get near}, to approach within a small distance.          {To get on}, to proceed; to advance; to prosper.          {To get over}.             (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or                   difficulty.             (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity.          {To get through}.             (a) To pass through something.             (b) To finish what one was doing.          {To get up}.             (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc.             (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of                   stairs, etc.
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{To go it blind}.             (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner.                   [Slang]             (b) (Card Playing) To bet without having examined the                   cards.
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Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &       G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,       and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.       [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},       {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]       1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;             opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;             road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a             way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8]             --Shak.                         I shall him seek by way and eke by street.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.                                                                               --Milton.                         The season and ways were very improper for his                      majesty's forces to march so great a distance.                                                                               --Evelyn.          2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a             long way.                         And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began                      to fail.                                             --Longfellow.          3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.                         I prythee, now, lead the way.            --Shak.          4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of             action; advance.                         If that way be your walk, you have not far.                                                                               --Milton.                         And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.          5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is             accomplished; scheme; device; plan.                         My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.                         By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.                         What impious ways my wishes took!      --Prior.          6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of             expressing one's ideas.          7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of             conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of             nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney.                         Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths                      are peace.                                          --Prov. iii.                                                                               17.                         When men lived in a grander way.         --Longfellow.          8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.                         The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.          9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,             to have one's way.          10. (Naut.)             (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.             (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.          11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,             on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a             table or carriage moves.          12. (Law) Right of way. See below.          {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though             connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.                      {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.                      {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.          {In the family way}. See under {Family}.          {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,             etc.          {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being             with; in the presence of.          {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.          {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the             Vocabulary.          {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;             advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this             country; on the way to success.          {Out of the way}. See under {Out}.          {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over             another's ground. It may arise either by grant or             prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,             well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.                      {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in             motion, as when a ship begins to move.          {To give way}. See under {Give}.          {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come;             to depart or come along. --Shak.          {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.
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Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,       Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]       1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a             great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables,             for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a             flower pot; a bean pot.          2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.          3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of             ale. [bd]Give her a pot and a cake.[b8] --De Foe.          4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top             of a chimney; a chimney pot.          5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.          6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.          7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.          8. A size of paper. See {Pott}.          {Jack pot}. See under 2d {Jack}.          {Pot cheese}, cottage cheese. See under {Cottage}.          {Pot companion}, a companion in drinking.          {Pot hanger}, a pothook.          {Pot herb}, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are             boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,             and many others.          {Pot hunter}, one who kills anything and everything that will             help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for             the table or for the market.          {Pot metal}.             (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different                   from common pig iron.             (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large                   vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.             (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are                   incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.                   --Knight.          {Pot plant} (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the             monkey-pot.          {Pot wheel} (Hydraul.), a noria.          {To go to pot}, to go to destruction; to come to an end of             usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.             Saxe.
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Back \Back\, n. [As b[91]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak,       Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav.       b[?]g[?] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.]       1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending             from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals,             that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to             such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish,             or lobster.          2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.                         [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave Into                      the clouds.                                       --Milton.          3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the             inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of             the foot, the back of a hand rail.                         Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me                      your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. --Donne.          4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of             a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the             back of a chimney.          5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which             fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or             not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill,             or of a village.          6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its             edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.          7. A support or resource in reserve.                         This project Should have a back or second, that                      might hold, If this should blast in proof. --Shak.          8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship.          9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a             horizontal underground passage.          10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing.                         A bak to walken inne by daylight.      --Chaucer.          {Behind one's back}, when one is absent; without one's             knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back.          {Full back}, {Half back}, {Quarter back} (Football), players             stationed behind those in the front line.          {To be or lie on one's back}, to be helpless.          {To put}, {or get}, {one's back up}, to assume an attitude of             obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when             attacked.). [Colloq.]          {To see the back of}, to get rid of.          {To turn the back}, to go away; to flee.          {To turn the back on one}, to forsake or neglect him.
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Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
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About \A*bout"\, adv.       1. On all sides; around.                         'Tis time to look about.                     --Shak.          2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the             outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.          3. Here and there; around; in one place and another.                         Wandering about from house to house.   --1 Tim. v.                                                                               13.          4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in             quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as             high; -- also of quantity, number, time. [bd]There fell .             . . about three thousand men.[b8] --Exod. xxii. 28.          5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite             direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to             turn one's self about.          {To bring about}, to cause to take place; to accomplish.          {To come about}, to occur; to take place. See under {Come}.                      {To go about}, {To set about}, to undertake; to arrange; to             prepare. [bd]Shall we set about some revels?[b8] --Shak.          {Round about}, in every direction around.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by,       of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be,       D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`.       E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref.       {Be-}.]       1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from;             close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913             Webster]                         By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them                      both.                                                --Milton.          2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.                         Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden.                         By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope.          3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side             of; past; as, to go by a church.          4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty             feet by forty.          5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].          6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with             aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city             is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take             by force.          Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency,                belong, more or less closely, most of the following                uses of the word:             (a) It points out the author and producer; as,                   [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by                   Canova; a sonata by Beethoven.             (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or                   thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by                   all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a                   Christian; no, by Heaven.             (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of;                   after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his                   account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a                   model to build by.             (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion                   of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth                   by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen,                   meat by the pound; to board by the year.             (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or                   deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished,                   it indicates the measure of increase or diminution;                   as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen                   by a third.             (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the                   course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night.             (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in                   expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had                   risen; he will be here by two o'clock.          Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to,                or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east,                i.e., a point towards the east from the north;                northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than                northeast is.          Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with                which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick;                the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But                there are many words which may be regarded as means or                processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and                whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter                of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a                reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire;                he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them                with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of                his sufferings. see {With}.          {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly.          {By and by}.             (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge                   knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer.             (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . .                   persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he                   is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21.             (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long.          Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of                nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of                emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and                soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less                emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently.          {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.          {By the bye}. See under {Bye}.          {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern;             -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water             than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the             stern.          {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she             has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her             stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.          {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether,             instead of slacking off.          {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental             or secondary remark or subject.          {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day,             each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or             separately; each severally.          {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain.          {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward.          {To set by}, to value, to esteem.          {To stand by}, to aid, to support.          Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell,                and would be better written good-bye, as it is a                corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;                   as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.                               Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.             (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to                   set the sails of a ship.             (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the                   keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.             (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to                   replace; as, to set a broken bone.             (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a                   watch or a clock.             (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the                   blocks of cut stone in a structure.          6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.                         I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the                      hazard of the die.                              --Shak.          7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare             for singing.                         Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.                                                                               --Dryden.          8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a             time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.          9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to             variegate with objects placed here and there.                         High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each                      lady wore a radiant coronet.               --Dryden.                         Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          10. To value; to rate; -- with at.                         Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have                      a son set your decrees at naught.      --Shak.                         I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.          11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other             game; -- said of hunting dogs.          12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to             assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be             learned.          13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]          14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;             as, to set type; to set a page.          {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to             oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one             thing against another.          {To set agoing}, to cause to move.          {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate             from the rest; to reserve.          {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate             one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to             the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be             a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent             the saw from sticking.          {To set aside}.             (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to                   neglect; to reject; to annul.                               Setting aside all other considerations, I will                            endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.                                                                               --Tillotson.             (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of                   one's income.             (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.          {To set at defiance}, to defy.          {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the             heart at ease.          {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.             [bd]Ye have set at naught all my counsel.[b8] --Prov. i.             25.          {To set a} {trap, snare, [or] gin}, to put it in a proper             condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan             to deceive and draw another into one's power.          {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.             (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how                   tu enter on work.             (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.          {To set before}.             (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.             (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.          {To set by}.             (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.             (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. [bd]I set not a                   straw by thy dreamings.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or             situation of by the compass.          {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under             {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To set down}.             (a) To enter in writing; to register.                               Some rules were to be set down for the                            government of the army.               --Clarendon.             (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.                               This law we may name eternal, being that order                            which God . . . hath set down with himself, for                            himself to do all things by.      --Hooker.             (c) To humiliate.          {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.                      {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire             to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to             irritate.          {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,             instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --             said of a sail.          {To set forth}.             (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;                   to display.             (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.             (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]                               The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty                            galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.          {To set forward}.             (a) To cause to advance.             (b) To promote.          {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or             bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.          {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.             [Obs.]                         If you please to assist and set me in, I will                      recollect myself.                              --Collier.          {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.             [bd]The rest will I set in order when I come.[b8] --1 Cor.             xi. 34.          {To set milk}.             (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream                   may rise to the surface.             (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of                   rennet. See 4             (e) .          {To set} {much, [or] little}, {by}, to care much, or little,             for.          {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] [bd]I set not an haw             of his proverbs.[b8] --Chaucer.          {To set off}.             (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular                   purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of                   an estate.             (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.                               They . . . set off the worst faces with the                            best airs.                                 --Addison.             (c) To give a flattering description of.          {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,             to set off one man's services against another's.          {To set} {on [or] upon}.             (a) To incite; to instigate. [bd]Thou, traitor, hast set                   on thy wife to this.[b8] --Shak.             (b) To employ, as in a task. [bd] Set on thy wife to                   observe.[b8] --Shak.             (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's                   heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,                   above.          {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.          {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state             of enmity or opposition to.          {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.          {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.                      {To set out}.             (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to                   set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an                   estate; to set out the widow's thirds.             (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]             (c) To adorn; to embellish.                               An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with                            jewels, nothing can become.         --Dryden.             (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]                               The Venetians pretend they could set out, in                            case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.                                                                               --Addison.             (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.                               I could set out that best side of Luther.                                                                               --Atterbury.             (f) To show; to prove. [R.] [bd]Those very reasons set                   out how heinous his sin was.[b8] --Atterbury.             (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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Palette \Pal"ette\, n. [See {Pallet} a thin board.]       1. (Paint.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a             thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter             lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also {pallet}.]          2. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of             junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.             --Fairholt.          3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.          {Palette knife}, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and             no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to             mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.          {To set the palette} (Paint.), to lay upon it the required             pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use             of them in a picture. --Fairholt.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. i.       1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink             out of sight; to come to an end.                         Ere the weary sun set in the west.      --Shak.                         Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the                      next is likely to arise with more mourning.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] --Shak.          3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. [bd]To             sow dry, and set wet.[b8] --Old Proverb.          4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to             germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has             set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).          5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.                         A gathering and serring of the spirits together to                      resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against                      another.                                             --Bacon.          6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.                         That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.                                                                               --Boyle.          7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move             on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide             sets to the windward.          8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now             followed by out.                         The king is set from London.               --Shak.          9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as,             the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a             setter.          10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now             followed by out.                         If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform                      the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of                      doubting but it shall prove successful to him.                                                                               --Hammond.          11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.          Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]          Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as,                the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen,                etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes                tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.          {To set about}, to commence; to begin.          {To set forward}, to move or march; to begin to march; to             advance.          {To set forth}, to begin a journey.          {To set in}.             (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as,                   winter set in early.             (b) To settle one's self; to become established. [bd]When                   the weather was set in to be very bad.[b8] --Addison.             (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide.          {To set off}.             (a) To enter upon a journey; to start.             (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of                   the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another                   sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time                   to dry.          {To set on} [or] {upon}.             (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.                               He that would seriously set upon the search of                            truth.                                       --Locke.             (b) To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon.                               Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.                                                                               --Shak.          {To set out}, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out             for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set             out in life or the world.          {To set to}, to apply one's self to.          {To set up}.             (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up                   in trade; to set up for one's self.             (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.                               Those men who set up for mortality without                            regard to religion, are generally but virtuous                            in part.                                    --Swift.
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{To set over}.             (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,                   ruler, or commander.             (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.          {To set right}, to correct; to put in order.          {To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.          {To set store by}, to consider valuable.          {To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;             to establish the mode.          {To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a             disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in             contact with them.          {To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port             watch on duty.          {To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. [bd]He . . . hath set             to his seal that God is true.[b8] --John iii. 33.          {To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set             up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a             pillar.             (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. [bd]I will . . .                   set up the throne of David over Israel.[b8] --2 Sam.                   iii. 10.             (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to                   establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to                   set up a school.             (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a                   son in trade.             (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.             (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.                               I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.                                                                               --Dryden.             (g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,                   to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.             (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;                   as, this good fortune quite set him up.             (i) To intoxicate. [Slang]             (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to                   arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;                   as, to set up type.          {To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of             tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          Syn: See {Put}.
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Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS.       scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G.       sch[81]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or       bar shot across, fr. AS. sce[a2]tan to shoot. [root]159. See       {Shoot}.]       1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a             door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.          2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut             the ports of a country by a blockade.                         Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is                      open?                                                --Milton.          3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. [bd]Shut from every             shore.[b8] --Dryden.          4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close             by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to             shut a book.          {To shut in}.             (a) To inclose; to confine. [bd]The Lord shut him in.[b8]                   --Cen. vii. 16.             (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts                   in another.          {To shut off}.             (a) To exclude.             (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or                   water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or                   gate.          {To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission             to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.          {To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close             by welding.          {To shut up}.             (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut                   up a house.             (b) To obstruct. [bd]Dangerous rocks shut up the                   passage.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh.             (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,                   to shut up a prisoner.                               Before faith came, we were kept under the law,                            shut up unto the faith which should afterwards                            be revealed.                                 --Gal. iii.                                                                               23.             (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.                               When the scene of life is shut up, the slave                            will be above his master if he has acted better.                                                                               --Collier.             (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.             (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or                   force.
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Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS.       scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G.       sch[81]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or       bar shot across, fr. AS. sce[a2]tan to shoot. [root]159. See       {Shoot}.]       1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a             door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.          2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut             the ports of a country by a blockade.                         Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is                      open?                                                --Milton.          3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. [bd]Shut from every             shore.[b8] --Dryden.          4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close             by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to             shut a book.          {To shut in}.             (a) To inclose; to confine. [bd]The Lord shut him in.[b8]                   --Cen. vii. 16.             (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts                   in another.          {To shut off}.             (a) To exclude.             (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or                   water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or                   gate.          {To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission             to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.          {To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close             by welding.          {To shut up}.             (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut                   up a house.             (b) To obstruct. [bd]Dangerous rocks shut up the                   passage.[b8] --Sir W. Raleigh.             (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,                   to shut up a prisoner.                               Before faith came, we were kept under the law,                            shut up unto the faith which should afterwards                            be revealed.                                 --Gal. iii.                                                                               23.             (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.                               When the scene of life is shut up, the slave                            will be above his master if he has acted better.                                                                               --Collier.             (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding.             (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or                   force.
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Shut \Shut\, v. i.       To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it       shuts hard.          {To shut up}, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes.
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{To sit at}, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] [bd]A             farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a             great rent[b8]. --Bacon.          {To sit at meat} [or] {at table}, to be at table for eating.                      {To sit down}.             (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to                   sit down when tired.             (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the                   town.             (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.             (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. [bd]Here we can not                   sit down, but still proceed in our search.[b8]                   --Rogers.          {To sit for a fellowship}, to offer one's self for             examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.             Univ.]          {To sit out}.             (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.                   Sanderson.             (b) To outstay.
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{To sit under}, to be under the instruction or ministrations             of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good             preaching.          {To sit up}, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent             posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,             to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up             with a sick person. [bd]He that was dead sat up, and began             to speak.[b8] --Luke vii. 15.
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Stab \Stab\, v. i.       1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to             thrust with a pointed weapon.                         None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in                      closer war.                                       --Dryden.          2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.                         She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak.          {To stab at}, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a             pointed weapon at.
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Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved}or {Stove}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave}, n., or {Staff}, n.]       1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;             to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave             in a boat.          2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.                         The condition of a servant staves him off to a                      distance.                                          --South.          3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with             off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.                         And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or                      guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon                      them perilously.                                 --Tennyson.          4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.                         All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.          5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.          6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking             iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which             lead has been run.          {To stave and tail}, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose             with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to             hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares.
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Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, v. t.       1. To set, as the foot.          2. (Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.          {To step off}, to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to             divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by             successive measurements, as with dividers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.       stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe       a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.       [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp},       n. & a.]       1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by             raising and moving one of the feet to another resting             place, or by moving both feet in succession.          2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;             as, to step to one of the neighbors.          3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.                         Home the swain retreats, His flock before him                      stepping to the fold.                        --Thomson.          4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.                         They are stepping almost three thousand years back                      into the remotest antiquity.               --Pope.          {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to             retire from company.          {To step forth}, to move or come forth.          {To step} {in [or] into}.             (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to                   advance suddenly in.                               Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the                            water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever                            disease he had.                           --John v. 4.             (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the                   house.             (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon                   easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.          {To step out}.             (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,                   of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.             (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.          {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of             the step according to the established rules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gap \Gap\, n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap       mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap       expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See {Gape}.]       An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap       in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening       which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a       hiatus; a mountain pass.                   Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles.                   It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak.          {Gap lathe} (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the             bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.                      {To stand in the gap}, to expose one's self for the             protection of something; to make defense against any             assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender             or supporter.          {To stop a gap}, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stop \Stop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to       LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan.       stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa       the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. {Estop}, {Stuff},       {Stupe} a fomentation.]       1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing;             as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.             --Shak.          2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way,             road, or passage.          3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut             in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a             stream, or a flow of blood.          4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or             efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain;             to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the             execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the             approaches of old age or infirmity.                         Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not                      be rubbed nor stopped.                        --Shak.          5. (Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by             pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or             by shortening in any way the vibrating part.          6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.]                         If his sentences were properly stopped. --Landor.          7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper.          Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress;                restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt.          {To stop off} (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with             sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is             not wanted for the casting.          {To stop the mouth}. See under {Mouth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stop \Stop\, v. i.       1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a             stop.                         He bites his lip, and starts; Stops on a sudden,                      looks upon the ground; Then lays his finger on his                      temple: strait Springs out into fast gait; then                      stops again.                                       --Shak.          2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.                         Stop, while ye may, suspend your mad career!                                                                               --Cowper.          3. To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to             tarry; as, to stop with a friend. [Colloq.]                         By stopping at home till the money was gone. --R. D.                                                                               Blackmore.          {To stop over}, to stop at a station beyond the time of the             departure of the train on which one came, with the purpose             of continuing one's journey on a subsequent train; to             break one's journey. [Railroad Cant, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth,       mu[thorn], AS. m[umac][edh]; akin to D. mond, OS.       m[umac][edh], G. mund, Icel. mu[edh]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan.       mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf.       D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[umac]la, Icel.       m[umac]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.]       1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the             aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the             cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips             and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.          2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;             aperture; as:             (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or                   emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar                   or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.             (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,                   well, or den.             (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it                   is discharged.             (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any                   stream are discharged.             (e) The entrance into a harbor.          3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters             the mouth of an animal.          4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a             mouthpiece.                         Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman                      belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street                      where he lives.                                 --Addison.          5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden.          6. Speech; language; testimony.                         That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every                      word may be established.                     --Matt. xviii.                                                                               16.          7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.                         Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I                      turn my back.                                    --Shak.          {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of dejected countenance;             depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.]          {Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely.             --Shak.          {Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or             teeth.          {Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.          {Mouth organ}. (Mus.)             (a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}.             (b) An harmonicon.          {Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the             escaping air and make a sound.          {To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to             shame; to confound.                         The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.                                                                               --Ps. lxiii.                                                                               11.                         Whose mouths must be stopped.            --Titus i. 11.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stop \Stop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to       LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan.       stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa       the coarse part of flax, tow, oakum. Cf. {Estop}, {Stuff},       {Stupe} a fomentation.]       1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing;             as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.             --Shak.          2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way,             road, or passage.          3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut             in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a             stream, or a flow of blood.          4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or             efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain;             to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the             execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the             approaches of old age or infirmity.                         Whose disposition all the world well knows Will not                      be rubbed nor stopped.                        --Shak.          5. (Mus.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by             pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or             by shortening in any way the vibrating part.          6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.]                         If his sentences were properly stopped. --Landor.          7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper.          Syn: To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress;                restrain; discontinue; delay; interrupt.          {To stop off} (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with             sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is             not wanted for the casting.          {To stop the mouth}. See under {Mouth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
'Twixt-brain \'Twixt"-brain`\, n. (Anat.)       The thalamen[?]cephalon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Two-step \Two"-step`\, n.       A kind of round dance in march or polka time; also, a piece       of music for this dance. [U. S.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuxedo Park, NY (village, FIPS 75803)       Location: 41.20413 N, 74.20722 W       Population (1990): 706 (337 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 10987
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
tagged types          {Ada}'s type mechanism in which types can be       extended via {single inheritance}.          (2000-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
text file          A {file} containing no "invisible" {control       characters}, only {printable} letters, numbers and symbols,       usually from the {ASCII} {character set}.          A text file can be produced with a {text editor} and can       usually be imported into any {word processor} though it will       probably appear unformatted.          Compare {binary file}, {flat file}, {rich text file}.          (1996-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Text Processing Utility          (TPU) A {DEC} language for creation of       text-processing interfaces, used to implement DEC's       {Extensible VAX Editor} (EVE).          (2000-05-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
text-based          Working under a non-window-based {operating system}       (e.g. {MS-DOS}) as opposed to a {graphical user interface}       (e.g. {Microsoft Windows}).          An MS-DOS text-based program uses a screen with a fixed array       of 80x25 or 80x40 characters.   Examples are {WordPerfect}       before version 5.1 and {Microsoft Word}.          (1995-03-16)