Sĕt'ter, n.
n. 1. One who, or that which, sets;—generally in combination with an adverb; as, a setter on, or inciter; a setter up; a setter forth, and the like.
- A sporting dog of the hound kind, that indicates, by sitting or crouching, the place where game lies hid. It partakes of the characters of the pointer and the spaniel, and is generally regarded as having descended from the crossing of these two varieties.
- Hence, a man who performs the office of a setting dog, or finds persons to be plundered. [Rare.]
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- Whatever sets off, adorns, or recommends. [Obs.] Whitlock.
