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setting(e
ger.
Additional spellings:
settinge
125 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) The act of placing something in a place or position;
setting led
, the act of laying a lead roof;
setting of fet
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fig.
steadfastness, stability; (b) the act or process of laying stone;
setting
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