3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. "To sow dry, and set wet." Old Proverb.
4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened. A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. Bacon.
6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set. Boyle.
7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; — now followed by out. The king is set from London. Shak.
9. To indicate the position of game; — said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; — now followed by out. If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. Hammond.
11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]