Defn: To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.]
SETTERWORT
Set"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus); — so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
SETTING
Set"ting, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. Boyle.
3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. Ex. xxviii. 17.
4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. — Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. — Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. — Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
SETTING-UP EXERCISE
Set`ting-up" ex"er*cise.
Defn: Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.