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      (a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;
          as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

                Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.
      (b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to
          set the sails of a ship.
      (c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the
          keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.
      (d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to
          replace; as, to set a broken bone.
      (e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a
          watch or a clock.
      (f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the
          blocks of cut stone in a structure.

   6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

            I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the
            hazard of the die.                    --Shak.

   7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare
      for singing.

            Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
                                                  --Dryden.

   8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a
      time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

   9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to
      variegate with objects placed here and there.

            High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each
            lady wore a radiant coronet.          --Dryden.

            Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   10. To value; to rate; -- with at.

             Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have
             a son set your decrees at naught.    --Shak.

             I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.

   11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
       game; -- said of hunting dogs.

   12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to
       assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be
       learned.

   13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]

   14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;
       as, to set type; to set a page.

   {To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to
      oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one
      thing against another.

   {To set agoing}, to cause to move.

   {To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate
      from the rest; to reserve.

   {To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate
      one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to
      the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be
      a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent
      the saw from sticking.

   {To set aside}.
       (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to
           neglect; to reject; to annul.

                 Setting aside all other considerations, I will
                 endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
                                                  --Tillotson.
       (b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of
           one's income.
       (c) (Law) See under {Aside}.

   {To set at defiance}, to defy.

   {To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the
      heart at ease.

   {To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
      ``Ye have set at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25.
      

   {To set a} {trap, snare, or gin}, to put it in a proper
      condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan
      to deceive and draw another into one's power.

   {To set at work}, or {To set to work}.
       (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how
           tu enter on work.
       (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.

   {To set before}.
       (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.
       (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.

   {To set by}.
       (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.
       (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. ``I set not a
           straw by thy dreamings.'' --Chaucer.

   {To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or
      situation of by the compass.

   {To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under
      {Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {To set down}.
       (a) To enter in writing; to register.

                 Some rules were to be set down for the
                 government of the army.          --Clarendon.
       (b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.

                 This law we may name eternal, being that order
                 which God . . . hath set down with himself, for
                 himself to do all things by.     --Hooker.
       (c) To humiliate.

   {To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.
      

   {To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire
      to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to
      irritate.

   {To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,
      instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --
      said of a sail.

   {To set forth}.
       (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;
           to display.
       (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.
       (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]

                 The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
                 galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.

   {To set forward}.
       (a) To cause to advance.
       (b) To promote.

   {To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or
      bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.

   {To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.
      [Obs.]

            If you please to assist and set me in, I will
            recollect myself.                     --Collier.

   {To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
      ``The rest will I set in order when I come.'' --1 Cor. xi.
      34.

   {To set milk}.
       (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream
           may rise to the surface.
       (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of
           rennet. See 4
       (e) .

   {To set} {much, or little}, {by}, to care much, or little,
      for.

   {To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] ``I set not an haw
      of his proverbs.'' --Chaucer.

   {To set off}.
       (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular
           purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of
           an estate.
       (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.

                 They . . . set off the worst faces with the
                 best airs.                       --Addison.
       (c) To give a flattering description of.

   {To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,
      to set off one man's services against another's.

   {To set} {on or upon}.
       (a) To incite; to instigate. ``Thou, traitor, hast set on
           thy wife to this.'' --Shak.
       (b) To employ, as in a task. `` Set on thy wife to
           observe.'' --Shak.
       (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's
           heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,
           above.

   {To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.

   {To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state
      of enmity or opposition to.

   {To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.

   {To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.
      

   {To set out}.
       (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to
           set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an
           estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
       (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]
       (c) To adorn; to embellish.

                 An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with
                 jewels, nothing can become.      --Dryden.
       (d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]

                 The Venetians pretend they could set out, in
                 case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
                                                  --Addison.
       (e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.

                 I could set out that best side of Luther.
                                                  --Atterbury.
       (f) To show; to prove. [R.] ``Those very reasons set out
           how heinous his sin was.'' --Atterbury.
       (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.

Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot,
   pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG.
   fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth.
   f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step,
   pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way.
   [root]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient},
   {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess,
   {Pedal}.]
   1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal;
      esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an
      animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See
      {Manus}, and {Pes}.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It
      is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body,
      often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See
      Illust. of {Buccinum}.

   3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as,
      the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

   4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as
      of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or
      series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with
      inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the
      procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

            And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their
            feet.                                 --Milton.

   5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the
      singular.

            Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
                                                  --Berkeley.

   6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the
      singular. [R.]

            As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.

   7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third
      of a yard. See {Yard}.

   Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of
         a man's foot. It differs in length in different
         countries. In the United States and in England it is
         304.8 millimeters.

   8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry,
      usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the
      cavalry. ``Both horse and foot.'' --Milton.

   9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical
      element of a verse, the syllables being formerly
      distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern
      poetry by the accent.

   10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.

   Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or
         pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or
         lower part. It is also much used as the first of
         compounds.

   {Foot artillery}. (Mil.)
       (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot.
       (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.

   {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.

   {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.

   {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.

   {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.

   {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or
      boots.

   {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a
      treadle.

   {Foot iron}.
       (a) The step of a carriage.
       (b) A fetter.

   {Foot jaw}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Maxilliped}.

   {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal.

   {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any
      proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance.
      --Farrow.

   {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding;
      a riding skirt. [Obs.]

   {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]

   {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or
      bridge.

   {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway;
      a trottoir.

   {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.

   {Foot post}.
       (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot.
       (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.

   {Fot pound}, & {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and
      {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.

   {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing
      press, moved by a treadle.

   {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.

   {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the
      lower side.

   {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.

   {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long.

   {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and
      serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an
      uneven place.

   {Foot secretion}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sclerobase}.

   {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot.

   {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed
      against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
      

   {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot
      coals for warming the feet.

   {Foot tubercle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Parapodium}.

   {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air
      pump from the condenser.

   {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by
      a treadle.

   {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a
      vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.

   {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.

   {By foot}, or {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on
      foot.

   {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}.

   {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema
      epizo["o]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc.,
      characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in
      the mouth and about the hoofs.

   {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an
      acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of
      land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.;
      also {Chirograph}. (b).

   {Square foot}. See under {Square}.

   {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of
      execution.

   {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. ``Keep thy
      foot when thou goest to the house of God.'' --Eccl. v. 1.

   {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be
      determined. [Colloq.]

   {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance;
      to do one's best. [Colloq.]

   {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set
      on foot a subscription.

   {To} {put, or set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a
      position to go on; to assist to start.

   {Under foot}.
       (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample
           under foot. --Gibbon.
       (b) Below par. [Obs.] ``They would be forced to sell . .
           . far under foot.'' --Bacon.