setter

One that sets.

Any of several breeds of long-haired hunting dogs originally trained to indicate the presence of game by crouching in a set position.

To cut the dewlap of (an ox or a cow), helleboraster, or setter-wort, being put into the cut, and an issue thereby made for ill-humors to vent themselves. Compare setterwort.

A machine for setting out hides. See to set out .

One who or that which sets: as, a setter of precious stones; a setter of type (a compositor); a setter of music to words (a musical composer): chiefly in composition.

In the game of hazard. See hazard, 1.

An implement or any object used in or for setting.

A kind of hunting-dog, named from its original habit of setting or crouching when it scented game.

A man who is considered as performing the office of a setting-dog—that is, who seeks out and indicates to his confederates persons to be plundered.