sett

[ set ]

noun

1. Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
2. Also called stake. a handheld tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.
3. Also the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.

sett

/ sɛt /

noun

1. a small rectangular paving block made of stone, such as granite, used to provide a durable road surface Compare cobblestone
2. the burrow of a badger
3. 1. a square in a pattern of tartan
   2. the pattern itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of sett¹

First recorded in 1870–75; variant of set

Word History and Origins

Origin of sett¹

C19: variant of set ¹(n)

Example Sentences

They say the ffrench are about to sett downe before Dixmude, to bring us of by revultion.

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If ou schalt at one & sett it vppo e oer figuris hed, and sett in at 1.

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Also take & sett hym ouer e hede of e figure at ou woldest haue y-draw oute of e nether figure, e quych was 3.

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And yf ou haue wel ydo is nomber at is sett here-after wel be e nomber at schalle aryse of alle e addicio as here 27827.

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Whan ou has us ydo, do away e hiest figure & sett ere at leues of e subtraccio, Here is an example.

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