SETTER

noun a shallow seggar for porcelain.

2. setter ·noun one who hunts victims for sharpers.

3. setter ·noun an adornment; a decoration;

— with off.

4. setter ·noun one who adapts words to music in composition.

5. setter ·vt to cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

6. setter ·noun one who, or that which, sets;

— used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

7. setter ·noun a hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.