SET-BOLTS. Used in drifting out bolts from their position. Also employed for forcing the planks and other works, bringing them close to one another, as Blake's bringing-to bolts, with wood screws, eyes, and rings.
SET FLYING. Sails that do not remain aloft when taken in, but are hauled on deck or stowed in the tops, as skysails, studding-sails, &c.
SET IN. Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
SET ON! The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
SETT. A kind of shipwright's power, composed of two ring-bolts and a wrain-staff, with cleats and lashings. Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.
SETTEE. A single-decked Mediterranean vessel with a long and sharp prow, without top-masts, and carrying lateen sails. They were mostly used as transports to galleys.
SET THE CHASE, To. To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one tack, she may be cut off on the other.
SETTING. The operation of moving a boat or raft by means of poles. Also, arranging the sights of a gun, or pointing it.
SETTING POLE. A pole, generally pointed with iron, forced into the mud, by which boats and barges are moored in shallow water.
SETTING THE WATCH. The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by time.