Setting1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Set.
2. (n.) 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.
3. (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
4. (n.) Something set in, or inserted.
5. (n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
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