n. /hand"set'/ ; v. , adj. /hand"set", -set'/ , n. , v. , handset, handsetting , adj.
n.
1. Also called French telephone . a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
v.t.
2. to set (type) by hand.
adj.
3. (of type) set by hand.
4. (of a publication) printed directly from type set by hand.
[ 1915-20; HAND + SET ]