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SET, sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written sett Sc. N.I.1 Cum. n.Yks.2 w.Yks.1 e.Lan.1 Nrf. Cor.2; and in forms sate, seat Shr.1 [set.] 1. A young plant or cutting used for bedding out, esp. a young thorn planted for hedges; a quickset. ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Applied to blackthorn and whitethorn, used for hedges... So well understood is this restriction, that if an order is given in the neighbourhood of the forest for a hundred of sets, it would be supplied by a hundred of quicks or thorns; Nhp.2, War.3 Shr.1 A thorn seat, a crab seat; Shr.2 Hrf. The sets consist of cuttings [of hop-plants] from the old stocks; to each set it is requisite to have two or three joints, Marshall Review (1818) II. 285. e.An.1 Hence Set-hedge, sb. a quickset hedge. Shr.1 The cowts han broke down the pwus an' rails ─ gwun through the sate-'edge, an' trod it down fur two or three yards. e.Cy. (Hall.) 2. A potato, or portion of a potato, used for planting. Sh.I. Stewart Tales (1892) 249. Nhb. I found Mark and Elsie planting potatoes... She carried a basket of ‘sets,’ Graham Red Scaur (1896) 83. Lakel.2, Cum.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hlfx. Courier (June 19, 1897). Lan. Roastin' th' pottatoes ut wur bowt for sets, Brierley Marlocks (1867) 97. ne.Lan.1 Midl. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). Chs. The sets are put into holes made with a setting-stick, Marshall Review (1818) II. 31; Chs.1 Chs.3 n.Lin.1 We did ewse to cut th' sets e' three or foher peäces, just leavin' 'em one eye apeäce. Nhp.1 Nhp.2 War.2 More commonly styled in full, ‘potato-sets’; War.3, e.An.1 Dor. Eyeing the well-filled basket of ‘sets,’ Cornh. Mag. (Sept. 1900) 308. [Potatoes are either planted whole or cut in parts into sets, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 630.] 3. The crop of grass in a ‘new lay’ in its early state. e.An.2 4. Obs. A row of corn in the ear. Bdf. The ears are shorter, and contain fewer sets or rows of corn, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 296. 5. Shape, figure, cast; the form or position given to anything. Abd. (Jam.) Cld. That thing'll no keep the set (Jam.). Ant. A knowed it wus him by the set o' him, Ballymena Obs. (1892). 6. A pattern, esp. the pattern of a tartan. Sc. Ye may tak a bit o' the plaid... and that'll learn ye the sett, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxviii; A small bit of the silk tartan they wore upon them, which I send that you may see the sett, Saxon and Gael (1814) II. 6 (Jam.). Heb. I do not like it so well as our own Macdonald set, Sarah Tytler Macdonald Lass (1895) 225. n.Yks.2 7. Kind, manner, fashion. Sc. A new set o't (Jam.). Edb. The bit sets of speech she had the nack of when she fell to speaking, Beatty Secretar (1897) 117. 8. A salt-making term: see below. Chs.1 When the crystals of bay-salt begin to form upon the strings and thorns, the pan is said to have a good or a bad set according as the crystals are large or small. 9. The proper or usual method of doing work; the nature or requirement of the material worked. w.Sc. I hae na got the set o't yet (Jam.). 10. The fixed quantity of any article regularly supplied. Sc. Ye're a half-pint short o' yer set this time (JAM.). 11. Maturity, full growth. Nhb. When persons attain their full growth they are said to ‘come to their set’ (R.O.H.). 12. A check, esp. in growth. Bnff.1 The caul' frosty weens ga' the girs a set it it niver cowrt. 13. An attack, onset; impulse, force; a shock. Sc. They were both against it, which gave my faith a sore set, VEITCH Memoirs (1680) 26, ed. 1846; Always used in a bad sense; as a set of the toothache, a set of the cauld, &c. (Jam.) Abd. Gotten for my sake so hard a set, Ross Helenore (1768) 47, ed. 1812. Rxb. They winna mak' their set till the onfa' o' the night, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 127. n.Yks.1 14. A difficult task or problem; trouble, difficulty; fuss, disturbance; also in pl. s.Sc. Am I to be ca'ed on to relieve a' the distress in the world That wad be abonny set o't, Wilson Tales (1839) V. 19. Nhb.1 Aa'll gi' ye yor sets, noo.’ This may refer either to a matter of endurance or skill, or to the solution of a riddle, &c. ‘What a set yo'r myekin aboot it.’ ‘They had sic a set on i' the street as ye nivver seed.’ e.Dur.1 A've had-en a bonny set win 'm. Cum.4 n.Yks. I had sike a set to stop him (I.W.); n.Yks.1 An' a desper't set we had wi' 't; n.Yks.2 If things so happen, it'll mak a sair set on us. 15. A disgust. Bnff.1 16. An equal in rank, skill, &c. w.Yks. ‘Ah think ye two's sets, so if one comes o' this side an' t'other on t'other, wes't be abaht reight.’ In scoring games, when two opposing sides have made the same score, they are said to be sets, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). 17. Vanity, conceit, ‘side.’ Cum. Thur fellas hev a terrable set wi' them. He hez as much set as a turkey cock (E.W.P.). n.Yks.2 They've a lot o' set in 'em. Lan. He's as mich set on him as a lord, Clegg Sketches (1895) 73. s.Lan.1 He's no set on him. Hence Setty, adj. conceited. m.Yks.1 18. Value, store. m.Yks.1 He puts great set on it. 19. A good quantity or quality; gen. in phr. no great sets, not worth much, not good for much. n.Yks. A good set o' them (I.W.); n.Yks.2 They're neea great set. There's neea great sets on't left. e.Yks.1 There's neeah greeat sets on em. Tom's neeah greeat sets of a fellow, MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.1 She is no great sets of a lass. How are you today? ─ No great sets, dame, thank you. w.Yks. I'm no great sets to-day, Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 355; w.Yks.1 20. A spell, period. N.I.1 A long set of saft weather. 21. A disposal. N.Cy.1 She has made a pretty set of hersell. 22. Obs. A lease. Bnff. These who had the sett of the Saturdayes mercat at Rynye, Presbytery Bk. (1631-1654) 116, ed. 1842. Abd. The maill of his new biggit houss... takin in sett to be ane sang schole, Turreff Gleanings (1859) 12. Fif. They might gett a new sett and possessioun of thay teind fisches, Melvill Autobiog. (1610) 11, ed. 1842. Hdg. Sett and inventor of the annexation of the kirk of Auldhame to Tyninghame, Ritchie St. Baldred (1883) 22. 23. A sign or billet fixed on to a house to show that it is to be let. Abd. (Jam.) 24. A mining licence to work a piece of ground; the lease of a mine; the occupation of land for mining purposes; the ground thus set apart for mining. Der. Tapping Gl. to Manlove (1851). Cor. Had he not lucky been and got a sett, Tregellas Tales (1865) 155; Cor.1 A good set; Cor.2 25. Obs. The chartered constitution of a borough. Sc. The sets are essentially a description of the established forms of procedure at the annual elections, and a recognition of the parties entitled to participate therein, Dundee Advert. (Nov. 25, 1824) (Jam.). Rs. The Council of Dingwall, by the act of sett, consists of a Provost, two Bailies, &c., Edb. Antiq. Mag. (1848) 133; Having acted agreeable to the sett of the burgh, Edb. Antiq. Mag. Mry. The set or form of its government was ratified by the convention of boroughs in 1706, Statist. Acc. V. 3 (Jam.). 26. A situation; the particular spot in a river or frith where stationary nets are fixed; the net thus set. See Feeth. Sc. How many feith-sets have the Nether Don fishers on the Fraserfield side of the river? Statement Leslie v. Fraser, 56 (Jam.); The practice of hauling their fishing-nets and feith-sets to the shore (JAM.). Per. The most productive places, or setts, as they were locally called, included the Prap, and Powmill, and Jummock's Deep, Haliburton Furth in Field (1894) 150. e.An.1 An eel-set. 27. A bend or inclination from a straight line; a warp, twist; a permanent deflection. Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) N.Cy.1 A permanent deflection of a railway or machinery. Nhb.1 ‘The door winna shut close; it's getten a set.’ Of a wall it is usually said it has a ‘set in’ or a ‘set out,’ according to the direction of its deviation from a right line. 28. The spontaneous loosening of coal or stone preparatory to its falling down; a settling or giving way of coal, &c. N.Cy.1 A... settling of a railway or machinery. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 29. A paving-stone; a kerb-stone. Also in comp. Set-stone. N.I.1 ‘Paving setts’ or ‘cross setts,’ rectangular blocks of stone used for paving streets. Cum.4 A cubical block of granite used for paving streets instead of cobbles. n.Yks. Squared blocks of whinstone (C.V.C.). w.Yks. Yon's ‘setts,’ tother's nobbut par-points (A.C.); Elland edge setts, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.2, Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, nw.Der.1 Hence Set-dresser, sb. a cutter of ‘pavers’ or squared blocks of whinstone. n.Yks. (C.V.C.) 30. A stone with a smooth surface used to give an edge to a razor or other sharp instrument. Also in comp. Set-stone. Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1, Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. Stole his scalping whittle's set-stane, Cromek Remains (1810) 166. 31. A tool used in riveting. Nhb.1 32. A jack for lifting the axle-tree of a carriage when washing the wheels. Cum.4 33. A straight piece of stick placed between the shoulders of slaughtered animals to show the carcase to greater advantage. w.Yks.1 34. A pole used for propelling a boat, a punting-pole, ‘quant.’ Nhb. The keel lads... With their long sets in their hands, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 210. e.Dur. The puoy on the Tyne is the set on the Wear, Bishopric Garl. (1834) 60. e.An.1 Nrf. The beachmen on shore have had the sett ready; they ship it on the stern, and with a shout and a rally shove her off in gallant style into the smother, Eng. Illus. Mag. (1886) 402; A long pole with an angle iron at the end which fixes on to the stern post of the yawl or lifeboat and so pushes her off, Eng. Illus. Mag. note. Hence Sett-pole, sb. a pole 8 to 12 feet in length, used to secure a boat by being thrust into the mud. Nrf. (R.H.H.) 35. A large piece of coal. w.Yks.5 36. A place where carts are habitually loaded or unloaded. Chs.1 The raised platform in front of a mill is called the ‘mill-set.’ Carts are loaded at a coal-pit at the set. 37. The setting or pointing of a sporting dog. Edb. Chaps than point bitch wad been stauncher Upo' the set, Liddle Poems (1821) 90. 38. See below. Cf. sat. w.Yks.5 When a show-paper, called a ‘Pin-a-sight,’ has been made by one of them, the privilege of having a look at it being in exchange for a pin, he or she goes about making aware of the possession by the cry ─ ‘A pin a sight, A sat a sight, A pin to look in.’ Set is also employed, but this the least frequently. 39. A game at whist. e.An.1 Our rubbers consist of two or three sets. Suf.1 What do we play a set? 40. Phr. (1) a set of machines, a scribbler and condenser. w.Yks. (J.M.); (2) set of timber, a frame complete to support each side of the vein level or shaft. Cor. English Mining Terms (1830). 41. In mining: a train of coal-wagons or tubs. Nhb.1 Teum set. ‘The doors admit the set to pass through the one before the other is required to be opened,’ Scott Ventilation Mines (1868) iv. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). Dur. (J.J.B.), e.Dur.1 Cum. A train of bogies, laden or unladen, and includes a clutch bogie, the tubs, and the trailer (E.W.P.). Hence Set-rider, sb. a lad who goes with a set of tubs on an engine plane. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 42. A weaving term: the warp or weft spun on to bobbins until the bobbins are full. w.Yks. A set of warp or weft (J.M.). 43. In weaving: an ornamental flounce to a dress. Lan. With seven pounds a year, as you're giving her, she'll never expect to be paid for her sets, Westall Old Factory (1885) xxi; A hand-loom weaver writes: ‘Sets in weaving are flounces, seven to a dress; the body of the dress is plain cloth, and the flounces" bar across," "rib across," &c.’ (S.W.) 44. A large pump for raising the water from a mine. Nhb.1 A column of pump-trees with buckets, &c. complete. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 45. The number of ridges of corn that a band of reapers cut at one time; a band of reapers. Cai.1 Gall. Ending with a ‘set’ at shearing, cutting through from one side of the field to the other, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 312, ed. 1876. N.I.1 If there are ten able-bodied reapers in the ‘boon,’ the sett would consist of ten ridges. n.Yks. Three women and one man make a set, who of a middling crop do an acre a day, Tuke Agric. (1800) 114. 46. A division in a hop-garden for picking containing twenty-four hills. Ken.1 47. pl. Corn put up in small stacks. Lth. (Jam.)

SET, v. Var. dial. forms and uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. Aus. and Amer. [set, w.Cy. zet.] I. Gram. forms.

1. Present Tense: (1) Saet, (2) Say, (3) Seet, (4) Sehr, (5) Ser, (6) Sett, (7) Shet, (8) Suh, (9) Zet. (1) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 207. Sh.I. Sh. News (Feb. 26, 1898). (2) w.Yks.5 Say it darn. (3) s.Lan. Bamford Dial. (1854); s.Lan.1 (4) w.Yks.5 Sehr him on his rōad a bit. (5) w.Yks.2 w.Yks.5 s.Lan.1 Used before a vowel. I.Ma. Rydings Tales (1895) 125. (6) Abd. Turreff Gleanings (1859) 29. Lakel.1, Dor. (W.C. c. 1750). (7) Ir. I don't know how to shet about it, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) 234. (8) w.Yks.5 (9) Wxf.1 Glo. Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vi. Brks.1, I.W.1, Wil. (W.C.P.) Dor.1, w.Som.1 871. n.Dev. Zet tha about ort, Exm. Scold. (1746) l. 119.
2. Preterite: (1) Sait, (2) Seet, (3) Seete, (4) Sot, (5) Suit, (6) Zaut, (7) Zetted. [The preterite forms are partly mixed up with those of the preterite of ‘sit’ (q.v.).] (1) s.Chs.1 83. (2) Lan. It was him as seet Lowdham factory a-fire, Westall Birch Dene (1889) I. 292. s.Lan.1 Chs. Aw seet mi down on a bench, Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 10. (3) Lan. Then they aw seete ogen me, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806)
3. (4) Ayr. The wife and Jeanie... sot him doon in the big cheyre, Service Notandums (1890) 35. Ir. (A.S.-P.), e.An.2 Suf. He sot his face agin the wall, Gurdon Memories (1897) 51. Ess.1, w.Som.1 Dev. A sot hissel down, Norway Parson Peter (1900)
4. (5) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 207. (6) w.Som.1, nw.Dev.1 (7) Brks.1
5. Pp.: (1) Saet, (2) Seet, (3) Sehran, (4) Sett, (5) Sette, (6) Setten, (7) Settin, (8) Setton, (9) Sot, (10) Sotten, (11) Suitten, (12) Zaut, (13) Zet, (14) Zetted, (15) Zot. [The pp. forms are partly mixed up with those of the pp. of ‘sit’ (q.v.).] (1) Sh.I. Sh. News (July 10, 1897). (2) Lan. Aw wur seet bi th' fire tother Setterda neet, Ferguson Moudywarp's Visit 3. (3) w.Yks.5 Whoa's sehran that upan end i' that rōad? (4) Sc. (Jam.) (5) Dmf. (JAM.) (6) Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) s.Sc. He has setten the clachan tykes on hir, Watson Bards (1859) 109. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1, Lakel.2, Cum.4 Wm. Sum on em hed geean an setten a girt steean yet-stoop reet up on end, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 2. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1, Chs.3, s.Chs.1, n.Lin.1, e.An.1 (7) Rxb. (Jam.) Dmf. Had doucely settin' himsel', Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 2. (8) Nhp.1 (9) Ir. Rael plased and sot up, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 49. Wor. (H.K.) Glo. 'Ere's the candle sot on the table, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) x. s.Hmp. He were sot up there for a warnin', Verney L. Lisle (1870) iv. Dev. I'd a-sot my mind on that there bully calf, Ford Larramys (1897) 7. Cor. Now I've sot eyes on you agin, Phillpotts Prophets (1897) 211. [Amer. Folks aint sot by half ez much, Lowell Biglow Papers (1848) 145.] (10) Per. Ower sure an' sotten up i' their ain gudeness, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 148, ed. 1887. Ayr. She should been sotten doon on her ain fire, Service Notandums (1890) 22. (11) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 207. (12) w.Som.1 (13) Sus. Davies Athirt Downs (1901) 14. (14) Brks.1 12. (15) w.Som.1 He's a zot up. Dev. Th' moon ev zot, Pulman Sketches (1842) 17, ed. 1853. II. Dial. uses. 1. In comb. with prep. or adv.: (1) Set aboot, to spread a report; (2) Set abye, not to take into account; (3) Set after, to pursue, set out after; (4) Set again, (a) to reopen a business; (b) to oppose; to cause to dislike; (5) Set agate, to set in motion, set going; to originate, prompt; (6) Set anonsker, to set going; to incite; (7) Set aside, to shut up for mowing; (8) Set at, to attack; to set to work upon; to instigate, incite; (9) Set away, (a) to set off, go; (b) to set in motion; (c) to dismiss; (d) to put away, clear away; (e) to bury; (10) Set back, to turn back, hinder; (11) Set by, (a) to put or lay by; to save; (b) see (2); (c) to give as a substitute, esp. for something better; to make to suffice; to satisfy; (d) to esteem, value; to treat with consideration; (12) Set down, (a) to place on the table; (b) to write down, note; (c) see (9, b); (d) to rebuff, snub, humble; to rebuke; (e) to decide, determine; (f) in salt-making: to prepare a pan; (13) Set in, (a) to bring in a meal; to arrange, spread; (b) to attack vigorously, esp. of food; (c) of the weather: to last; to become settled for; (d) to join with others in work; (e) to put bread into the oven; (f) to enclose with faggots; (14) Set of, to set upon, attack; to employ at; (15) Set off, (a) to set in motion, send off; (b) to fire, let off, explode; (c) to deliver, tell, narrate; (d) see (9, c); (e) to plant; (f) to give up, leave; (g) to keep off; (h) to put off, shift off, evade; (i) to slip off, go away; (j) to waste time, linger, trifle; (16) Set on, (a) to attack, fall upon; also used fig.; (b) to employ; to set to a certain task; (c) to put on, sew on; (d) to put ‘tubs’ into the ‘cage’ down a coal-mine; (e) to accommodate; (f) to make up; to set going; to settle to; to begin in earnest; (g) in curling: to aim, direct; (h) a brewer's term: to put yeast to wort to cause fermentation; (i) to burn food in cooking; see Set, ppl. adj. 1 (5, d); (17) Set on again, see (4, b); (18) Set on till, to begin; (19) Set out, (a) to send out, eject, drive away; (b) to plan or contrive work; (c) to give a person a start; to help to begin; (d) in ploughing: to commence the formation of a ridge; (e) to hoe turnips; (f) to plant; (g) to let out on hire or lease; (h) to publish; (i) in mining: to lay aside; to forfeit an imperfectly filled tub of coals; (20) Set over, (a) to capsize, overturn; (b) a salt-making term: see below; (21) Set to or Set tul, (a) to begin; to cause to begin; (b) to fight; (c) to set bread to rise; (d) to oppress, beset; (e) to turn to, settle down to; (22) Set together, to marry; (23) Set up, (a) to make an upward movement; (b) to draw up a crane or hoist; (c) of a trap: to set it; (d) to stand up the pins in a game of bowls or four corners; (e) to cause, occasion; (f) in stag-hunting: to bring the stag to bay; (g) to restore to health or prosperity; to make good, cure; (h) to elate, delight; to exalt, raise, make proud; (i) to enrage, make angry; (j) to be refractory; (k) to be firm, resolute, unyielding; (l) to set off, ornament; (m) to dish up food; (n) to suffer; (o) to nauseate, disgust; (24) Set up through, to spread, go through; (25) Set up upon, to lose one's relish for; to become nauseated with. (1) Cum.4 n.Yks.4 Sha's allus setting things aboot. w.Yks. (J.W.) (2) ne.Sc. He's a terribl' clever fallow is P. W., setting abye his prayers an' that, Gordon Northward Ho (1894) 53. (3) Sc. He was by like the wind, before I could set after him, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 57; (Jam.) Cai.1 (4, a) Cor.1 (b) w.Yks. He's fearful set agean drinking, Snowden Web of Weave (1896) ii; If he once gets set ageean tha he'll niver forgie tha, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897). (5) Cum.3 Whativer schemes yee set a geeat 'll widder i' yer hand, 97. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. To let loose a horse, &c. unintentionally, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). w.Yks. Who's setten tha agate o' duin that? It wor Jim 'at set 'em agate o' feightin', Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). Lin.1 n.Lin.1 Cum, Bessie, set that copper agaate. (6) n.Yks.2 (7) War.4 I allus sets aside one field by the fust of April. (8) Sh.I. I niver heard 'at ye wir set at wi' ane, uncle, Sh. News (Dec. 24, 1898). Lakel.2 w.Yks. By gow, Aw'll set Pincher at yo', Snowden Tales Wolds (1894) 104. Lan. Au believe he'd a set at mi if it had'na bin for my moather, Brierley Day Out (1859) 50. (9, a) Abd. Nap's set awa' wi' his sward tae the war, Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 600. Cum.3 Away we set, t'oald lang nwosed man an me, 3. s.Lan. He seet away, Bamford Dial. (1854); s.Lan.1 (b) Nhb.1 ‘Set-away, there!’ ─ a call from the banksman in a colliery to the onsetter to send the cage going down away empty, as men are going down in the one then running up. ‘Set the set away’ ─ start away the train or set of tubs. ‘Set yorsel away, man’ (said to a competitor in a game or encounter). (c) Nhb.1 He's a poor useless body, but aa's gan ti set him away. (d) Lakel.2 e.Yks.1 To clear away, especially crockeryware, &c., after a meal, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Set rest away, Bywater Gossips, 21. (e) Wm. We've gitten t'auld tailier set away (B.K.). (10) Lan. It's good fur 'em, th' open air is, an' they set a mon back, Burnett Haworth's (1887) xxix. (11, a) Cai.1 Bnff. Syne to their bed the wee-anes gang,.. The lads and lasses, than or lang, Whan they get ilka thing set by, Taylor Poems (1787) 44. Cld. Try to set by something for a rainy day (Jam.). Lakel.2 We've set t'milk by. (b) Edb. The feint a proof I see, or ken o't! ─ Set by our Lairds, wha live in clover, Macneill Bygane Times (1811)
6. (c) Sc. I'll set him by wi' a puir dinner the day (Jam.). Frf. Deaf nits, I true, ne'er set that carlin by, Morison Poems (1790)
7. Rxb. I'm no to be set by with pudgettie auld carles sic as you, Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 236. (d) Dur. It wad be nowght at ōh set be, Moore Sng. Sol. (1859) viii. 7. Cum.1 He's girtly set by hereaway; Cum.4, w.Yks.1 n.Lan. But for my part I set nowte be't, R. Piketah Forness Flk. (1870) 64, in Prevost Gl. (1899). e.An.1 He was very much set by. [Amer. So he didn't set so much by what she said as he would otherwise, Cent. Mag. (Mar. 1882) 766.] (12, a) s.Sc. Sowens, Marion had been scaudin, Was then set down, T. Scott Poems (1793) 341. (b) Slk. They're nouther right spelled nor right setten down, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 461. Lan. James Harrison, after I had set him down a poor ley, a church ley, and the land cess, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866)
8. (c) Nhb.1 You set the roof doon. (d) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Abd. They are soon set down by the auld wife's threat, Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 621. Edb. He setteth down his action... albeit it seemeth to be very zealous, Rollock Works (1599) II. 33, ed. 1844-9. Cum.4 Jobby... set her down as he always did, Linton Lizzie Lorton (1866) II. 203. w.Yks. (J.W.) Nhp.1 I set him down nicely. War.3 (e) Wm. Willie an me set down et weed aedther on es late yan, es we wer oald anuff, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 11; We set doon ta gah ta Brough Hill tagidder (B.K.). Lan. I set down to gang... to meet my auld croonies, Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869) 26. (f) Chs.1 When a pan is prepared for making a particular kind of salt, it is said to be set down for it. (13, a) Sh.I. Shu... dan set in da table fir wir supper, Sh. News (May 4, 1901). Lnk. Set in the supper, Ann, Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 107. (b) w.Yks. Nah, set in, an' mak' a gooid meal, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). (c) Cai.1 Lakel.2 It's set-in fer rain o roond. w.Yks. It's like as it's set in for wet this morning, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). (d) Nhb.1 All hands were there, the clock had struck ten, and they had better set in, Richardson Table-bk. II. 147. (e) s.Lan.1, Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Dhóon)z au· red·i fŭr set·in in. Oxf.1 I set in at leben a clock and I shan't draa till half arter one, MS. add. (f) e.An.2 (14) s.Not. 'E set of our Jack afore iver a touched 'im. A set 'im of a piece o' work at Shelford (J.P.K.). (15, a) Nhb. Mr. Thompson set off a balloon, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) V. 29; Nhb.1 (b) w.Sc. He set aff the cannon (Jam.). Ayr. The sorrow [rascal] should have set off that blunderbush five minutes syne, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 27. I.W.1 (c) Sc. Deed he mak's a show, an' sets aff a heap o' braw words, Swan Gates of Eden (ed. 1895) vi. w.Sc. He sets aff a story brawly (Jam.). (d) Sc. Often used to denote the dismissal of a servant or of any one in office (Jam.); Considering the way she's set off the servant lasses, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 82. n.Yks. I set him off (I.W.). (e) Sh.I. Haes doo what'll set aff dy rig, Sibbie? Sh. News (Apr. 29, 1899). (f) Sh.I. Ower head an' ears in debt ta da laird, he wid just hae ta geng an' set aff da land, Stewart Tales (1892) 17. (g) Sh.I. Dis sooth milled claes sets aff a lock o' weet, Sh. News (Aug. 5, 1899). (h) Abd. Thinkna, man, that I'll be set aff sae, For I'll hae satisfaction ere I gae, Ross Helenore (1768) 88, ed.
9. (i) Sc. (Jam.), I.W.1 (j) Abd. With a particular injunction ‘nae to set aff owre lang by the road,’ Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 21; (Jam.) (16, a) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. T'Tory did lig into t'Lib'rals, but when t'Lib'ral gat up to speyke he reight set o' t'Tory, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). s.Stf. Directly they turnin' the corner yo' set on 'em wi yer sticks, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). (b) Sc. (A.W.), Lakel.2 Cum.1 He set me on to work in t'garden. n.Yks.4 Ah'll set Tom on ti morn at morn. w.Yks. (J.W.) Oxf.1 I can't set tha an to-day. e.An.1 To put a man on to piece or job work. (c) e.Dur.1 Of buttons, &c. ‘Set on the dishes.’ w.Yks. (J.W.) (d) e.Dur.1 (e) Bnff.1 He's weel set on wee a greive. (f) Abd. Tibby soon set on a bleezin' ingle, Beattie Parings (1801) 4, ed.
10. Kcd. Piper Tam again set on, Jamie Muse (1844) 101. w.Sc. (Jam.) Nhb. Then she set on a telling about a vast of Bayrnas, Bewick Tyneside Tales (1850) 15. n.Yks. Seea Ah set on an' telt him all, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 17. (g) Lnk. Ye're well set on, man, but ye're roaran, McIndoe Poems (1805)
11. (h) w.Yks. Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.1 (i) n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1 (17) Lan. They're terribly set on again them as has started steam-looms, Westall Old Factory (1885) iv. (18) Cai.1 (19, a) Sc. She would have set you out of the house before you could draw a second breath, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 93; I set him out of the house (Jam.). e.Dur.1 Set out the fowls. (b) Nhp.1 Let's set it out before we begin, and see if we have stuff enough. War.3 (c) Lan. I rose and set son John out towards the coalpit, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 7; To-day we set son Henry out to school to Mr. Nabb, WALKDEN Diary 61. (d) Nhb.1, Lakel.2 Cum., Wm. ‘Settin-oot powls.’ Poles of the length of land required to form a ‘rig,’ and are used first to measure the distance of the next ‘fur,’ then stuck in the earth at various parts to guide the ploughman, and enable him to draw a straight furrow (B.K.). n.Yks. The land is set out in one-bout ridges, Marshall Review (1808) I. 479. (e) e.An.1 Of turnips, the final hoeing. e.Suf. The first hoeing of turnips is called setting out (F.H.). (f) Glo. 'Tis a fine mornin' for settin' out cauliflowers, Longman's Mag. (Jan. 1898) 228. (g) w.Cor. He's kept the mill; but set out the dairy (M.A.C.). (h) Sc. (Jam., s.v. Outset). (i) N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 When a corf was slack ─ that is, not sufficiently filled ─ the banksman called down, ‘This corf's set oot.’ Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). (20, a) Cld. (Jam.) (b) Chs. It frequently happens that an adhesion takes place betwixt the sides of the crystals of salt which form on the surface, and instead of falling to the bottom of the pan they adhere together, producing a kind of incrustation which interferes with the evaporation and overheats the brine. When a crust of this kind forms the salt-boilers say that the pan is set-over, Marshall Review (1818) II. 96; Chs.1 When a thin film is formed over the pan it is said to be set over. (21, a) Sc. (A.W.) Nhb.1 If aa'd oney set-tee forst thing as aa intended ti dee, Horsley Carriage at the Door. n.Yks.4 Thoo mun set teea at yance. e.Yks.1 w.Yks. He set-tul o' eytin 'em, Yks. Wkly. Post (June 6, 1896). Lan.1 Come, may no moor bawks, but set-to. (b) Sc. (A.W.), Cum.4 w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 24, 1897). (c) Lakel.2 Wait tell Ah've set teea. (d) Nhb. Sair set to was a' sic puir bodies as hes tae get onything tae eat or drink, Jones Nhb. (1871) 155. (e) ne.Sc. It had been a braw day,.. but appeared to be settin' to frost as the nicht fell, Grant Keckleton, 39. (22) Sh.I. Ye're in a sair wy, Tamar, ta hae wis set tagedder, Burgess Lowra Biglan (1896) 36. (23, a) Ken.1 A horse sets up, i.e. he jibs and rears; whilst the direction to a coachman, ‘Set up a little,’ means, that he is to drive on a yard or two and then stop. (b) Nhb.1 w.Yks. Set up t'seckteckle! (J.J.B.) (c) Ken.1 A man sets up a trap for vermin. (d) I.W.1 (e) Sh.I. Ony wye doo's no ta set up a möst o' reek ta shok wiz ben, Sh. News (June 8, 1901). (f) w.Som.1 I remember seeing a deer, when set up by hounds, thrust his brow antler through the hand of a man who attempted to secure him, Collyns, 67. n.Dev. They then turned up the Hole Water Bottom, and we heard them setting up the deer, Rec. Staghounds, 49, in Elworthy Wd. Bk. (1888); To kill a stag at bay, and rescue his carcase from the fangs of a pack of hounds, however tired, that had ‘set him up,’ Whyte-Melville Katerfelto (1875) xxiv. (g) Sc. Scotland will set her up, Keith Lisbeth (1894) xxiv. Abd. While his losses were set up, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) II. 264. n.Yks.2 Oor coo's setten up ageean. He set her up twice. w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. Esp. used of boys who are bunkst of their marbles. ‘When he lost his leg the neighbours set him up with a horse and cart.’ ‘Gie's a few marls to set me up; ah'm bunkst’ (J.P.K.). Ken. She'd been ailin' a piece and they thought it 'ld set her up, Cornh. Mag. (Jan. 1894)
12. (h) Sc. (Jam.) Ir. Like an ould hin set up wid a new-laid egg, Barlow East unto West (1898) 268. Nhb. Bein' set up a bit by the honour an' glory to bein' coorted the like o' that, Pease Mark o' Deil (1894) 21. Lakel.2 Ah's set-up wi' 't. n.Yks.1; n.Yks.4 He war neean sae setten up at being fetched oot o' bed. ne.Yks.1 T'lahtle lass is weeantly setten up wi startin scheeal. e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Shoo felt famously set up, Hartley Clock Alm. (1889) 3, in Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 24, 1897); w.Yks.2 Eh, that lad of mine he was set up wi' that box o' pents at yo ged him! Lan. Hoo'll be rare an' set up as yo're come, Lake Longleat (1870) III. vii. n.Lin.1, Lei.1, War.3 Nhp.1 I shall be quite set up when I get my new gown. Dor. The wold body is that set up about it 'tis as good as a play, Longman's Mag. (Sept. 1900) 451. Dev. I were that set up I thought I were'nt like a savage, Baring-Gould J. Herring (1888) 322. [Aus. His dark eyes ─ half-scornful, half-gloomy, except when he was set up a bit, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) III. iii.] (i) Dor.1 But zet her up, she's jis' lik' vier, 277. w.Som.1 n.Dev. Her was hottish with her tongue when she was set up, Chanter Witch (1896) 62. (j) I.W.1 (k) Nhp.1 A master often says of a refractory lad, ‘I must set up with him, and show him who's master.’ (l) Rnf. Nae flooers are wantit To set up the meat, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1896) 107. (m) Cum. Tink of t'pot lid to set up t'broth, Silpheo Billy Brannan (1885) 8. (n) Lakel.2 Thoo'l set up for this. (o) n.Sc. (Jam.) (24) Sh.I. Dey tried poltices an' ivery thing 'at dey could, bit hit set up trow, Sh. News (Apr. 29, 1899). (25) n.Sc. (Jam.)
13. Phr. (1) to set a cap, to challenge another to do what one has done oneself; (2) set a face, to make a grimace; to grin, distort the countenance; (3) set a lip, to pout preparatory to crying; (4) set a stitch, to make a stitch in sewing; (5) set at liberty, to relieve, to supply a deficiency for any one; (6) set beside the cushion, obs., to set aside from active service, to suppress; (7) set caution, obs., to give security; (8) set fast, (a) to be in use; not to be at liberty; (b) to confound, nonplus, pose; (c) to make stiff and cramped; (9) set fire in, (10) set fire till, to light, apply a light to; (11) set fire to a green gorse-bush, to do anything absurd in a fit of temper; (12) set house, to begin housekeeping; (13) set in one's hand, to deserve well on one's part; (14) set lights, to set an example; (15) set of a job, to give a person more to do than he can perform; to overtask; to outdo; (16) set on feet, to recover, to set going; (17) set on (ov) knees, to kneel; (18) set one one's caps, see (8, b); (19) set one up, an iron. phr. used in contempt of any one; only used in imp.; (20) set one's foot on, to draw back one's words; (21) set one's teeth, to cut one's teeth; (22) set one's ways down, to sit down; (23) set oneself, (a) of a horse or child: to plant the feet firmly in an obstinate fit; (b) to be haughty; (24) set oneself in, to take a seat at table; (25) set oneself up, to behave conceitedly or presumptuously; (26) set resolution, to resolve, intend; (27) set store by, to value, esteem; (28) set the keeve, see below; (29) set the sponge, to insert the yeast in bread-making; (30) set to lowe, to set on fire; (31) set to the gait, to begin to do a thing; to set out on a journey; (32) set tryst, to make an appointment; (33) set up a face, to pretend; (34) set up a phrase, to begin to talk; (35) set up on end, to put in an erect position, to sit up; (36) set up one's chaff, to use insolent language; (37) set up one's gash, to begin to speak flatteringly; (38) set up one's gob, to begin to talk; to talk impudently; (39) set up one's lip to, to be impudent to. (1) e.An.2 Suf.1 I'll set yeow a cap (s.v. Cap). (2) Cum.1 At rustic sports a prize is occasionally given to the person who sets the most unseemly face through the opening of a horse-collar, as in a picture-frame; Cum.4 T'durty, nasty lal jackenyaps was settin' feaces at his granfadder, Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 86. Wm. I canna dua't ─ I canna set a feace, Graham Gwordy (1778)
14. w.Yks.3 (3) w.Yks. He's setting a lip again, he always cries if you cross him (H.L.). (4) N.I.1 (5) s.Not. When she's wanted a bit more cloth, a've set' er at liberty many a time. A'm a bit short for my rent; a wondered if yo could set me at liberty (J.P.K.). (6) Abd. Thus is he set beside the cushion, for his sincerity and forwardness in the good cause, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 291. (7) Abd. Charged in threescore days to set caution in like manner, Spalding Hist. Sc. I. 47; Thairin to remain quhile he sett caution to adhear to Margratt Quhytt, his spous, Turreff Gleanings (1859) 29. Fif. Have never sett caution for the peace of the kingdom, Row Ch. Hist. (1650) 174, ed. 1842. (8, a) Suf.1 ‘Retch me the black jack.’ ‘You can't het; 'tis set fast; s'full a burgad.’ (b) nw.Der.1 To ask a question from some one which he cannot answer; to propose an arithmetical or other mathematical question to one who cannot solve it. (c) Cmb. A man complained of being set fast with rheumatics, Darlington Flk-Sp. (1887). (9) Sh.I. I set fire i' me clay cutty, Sh. News (Nov. 24, 1900). (10) Sh.I. He set fire till a penny cigar, Ollason Mareel (1901) 34. (11) I.Ma. A tamper arrim when riled, that was fet to set fire to a green goss [gorse] bush, Rydings Tales (1895) 31; (S.M.) (12) Sh.I. Bits o' bairns maistly mairyin' an' settin' hoose, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 73. (13) Ayr. It was weel set i' their haun', Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 233. (14) Lei.1 Nhp.1 Set poor lights. (15) s.Not. 'E tho't he could run again me, but a set 'im of a job. A've set mysen of a job; a didn't think it were so heavy (J.P.K.). (16) n.Yks.2 She's gitten setten o' feeat. (17) n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Ah seed him set ov his knees peerin' thruff t'smout hooal. (18) Cum. He pertendit teh laugh't off when he fannd ah'd sett'n im his caps, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 49. (19) Sc. Which makes me keener for your company, Mr. David Balfour of the Shaws, and set ye up! Stevenson Catriona (1893) xi; Set him up for confectioner! Scott St. Ronan (1824) ii. Abd. Set her up for ony sic mailin'! Alexander Ain Flk. (1882)
15. Per. Set him up wi' his high looks! Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 20, ed. 1887. Gall. Na, na, set her up; a deal less than that will serve her, Crockett Lochinvar (1897) 4. Ir. To have asked their leave about selling the beast ─ set them up! Barlow Land of Shamrock (1901) 15. N.Cy.1 She rides in a carriage ─ set her up, indeed! Cum.4 ‘Set him up!’ you exclaim when a person wants anything outrageous. Dor. Zet him up!.. ef tes good enough vor all o' we, I'd like to know Why Johnnie doant stomach it? Hare Vill. Street (1895) 159. (20) n.Yks. Set your foot on that (I.W.). (21) Nhb. Little bairn wi' once bloo eyes, deed wi' settin iv its teeth, Chater Tyneside Alm. (1869) 15. (22) Nhb. I walked intae the kitchen, an' set my ways doon, Jones Nhb. (1871) 34. (23, a) Cum. Of a horse or a child (J.Ar.). (b) n.Yks. He sets hiz-sel (I.W.). (24) Sh.I. Set you in an' begin, an' may He add His blissin, Sh. News (Oct. 30, 1897). (25) Cai.1 Wgt. Dick neither ‘set himself up’ in his ways, nor ‘niffy-naffed’ with his tongue, Good Wds. (1881) 402. (26) Sus. (S.P.H.) (27) n.Yks.4 Thoo mebbins sets gert store byv it thisen. w.Yks. (J.W.) nw.Der.1 Oo did set store by̆ that lad. Brks.1 I dwo-ant zet no stoor by them ther things. Dev. He was... just the man to set store by religion, Mortimer Moors (1895) 86. (28) w.Som.1 After wetting the malt, the mash or ‘goods’ are allowed to remain for a time and soak. The top appears like dry grain, and to prevent the pixies from dancing upon it, and causing the ‘drink’ to turn sour, it is necessary to ‘set the keeve.’ This is done by drawing with the forefingers, upon the malt, two figures of a heart, separated by a cross, and then covering the whole down as close as possible to prevent escape of steam. (29) w.Som.1 To ‘set the sponge’ is to insert the right quantity of barm, according to the kind of flour, the temperature, or the state of the weather, and is the most delicate operation in preparing the bread (s.v. Sponge). (30) N.I.1 (31) Bnff.1 Ye've ristit lang eneuch; ye'll as weel set t'the gait agehn, an' get it deen. (32) Gall. When Tib Rorrison sets tryst wi' a lad, Crockett A. Mark (1899) xx. (33) Ayr. Set up a face how I stop short For fear your modesty be hurt, Burns Ded. to G. Hamilton, ll. 9, 10. (34) Abd. My wooer then set up a phrase, Cock Strains (1810) I. 118. (35) Lin.1 When I went to see him he was set-up-on-end. n.Lin.1 Set that stee upon end ageän th' barn. sw.Lin.1 She was set up on end. (36) w.Sc. She set up her chaff (Jam.). (37) Abd. My wooer, then,.. my bonny face to praise, Set up his gash, Cock Strains (1810) I. 118. (38) Nhb.1 If ye set yor gob up ti me, aa'll clash yor jaa for ye. Wm.&Cum.1 He knew reeght weel sud he set up his gob, 175. (39) Nrf. If a man or boy set up his lip to the cap'en in our 'prentice days, Forbes Odd Fish (1901) 89.
16. Comb. (1) Set afoot, obs., a schoolboys' game in mimicry of border warfare; (2) Set at, a battle, contest, fight; (3) Set away by, a call to a sheep-dog to go further out and past other sheep than those it is driving; (4) Set back, (a) a rebuff; (b) a prop, anything to lean or fall back upon; fig. money laid up for a rainy day; (5) Set by, a substitute, makeshift; (6) Set bye, a space at the side of a narrow road in which a cart can turn round or remain while another passes; (7) Set down, a rebuff, snub; rebuke; (8) Set fast, a gathering, tumour; the central part of a wound or boil; (9) Set forward, a lift, help, gain; (10) Set in, a ‘tuck-in,’ a hearty meal or partaking of food; (11) Set off, (a) compensation, counterpoise; (b) an outfit, outfitting; (c) a start, help; assistance; (d) a projection in a building; (e) the part of a connecting-rod to which the bucket-rod is attached; (12) Set on, (a) the man whose business it is to put ‘tubs’ into the ‘cage’ down a coalmine; (b) an attempt to persuade; a violent scolding; (13) Set ope, anything by which a gate or door is set open; (14) Set out, (a) a great fuss or disturbance; an important event; a feast; an entertainment; a display; (b) a commencement, start; (c) a joke; fun; (15) Set over, (a) an application of manure to a field; (b) a projecting cover to the top of a wall; (16) Set to, (a) an encounter; a fight, quarrel; a pugilistic contest; (b) a state of things; a pass; (c) a drinking bout; (17) Set up, a fuss, ‘row.’ (1) Nhb.1 (2) Sh.I. A'm seen da day 'at sax o' wir Shetlan' men wid 'a geen da best o' dem a sair set at, Sh. News (June 25, 1898). (3) Wm. (B.K.) (4, a) Abd. The Earl of Montrose hath had a set back, Cobban Angel (1898) 489. Arg. He was still in an annoyance at the set-back to his vanity, Munro J. Splendid (1898) 182. Edb. I ken naught so mortifying as the set back a lass can give a man, Beatty Secretar (1897) 65. (b) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 11, 1891). (5) Sc. It's no a dinner but just a set by (Jam.). (6) e.Lan.1 (7) Sc. Marget takes a set down and bears you no grudge for it, Keith Lisbeth (1894) xxii; (Jam.) Cum.1 She gave him a good set down. w.Yks. I gave the proud old fellow a set-down he won't forget in a hurry, Barr Love, 136; w.Yks.1 Nhp.1 I gave him a good set-down. War.3, Dor.1 (8) Wm. (B.K.), ne.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) [Amer. The knot on a horse's back made by the saddle, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 231.] (9) Glo. 'Twill be a zet forrud on the road whoam, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vi. (10) w.Yks. Ther' wor all maks o' stuff mooed up on t'table an' we'd a reight set in, Ah can tell yo, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). (11, a) Sc. By way of a set-off I left our chambers pretty bare, Stevenson Catriona (1893) xxiv. Per. There's aye a set-off to the worst calamity, Sandy Scott (1897) 72. (b) Cld. (Jam.) (c) Nhb. There is only one person in the place who will give her a ‘set-off’ if she has lost her leaven, Henderson Flk-Lore (1879) vi. (d) Chs.1 Perhaps more correctly it is the portion of the wall which recedes that should be called a set-off. (e) Cor. English Mining Terms (1830). (12, a) e.Dur.1 (b) Bnff.1 We ga' 'im a lang set-on t' cum wee's. She ga' 'im a set-on it fleggit the bleed fae's cheek. (13) Suf.1 The gate oont keep back; the set-ope is gone. (14, a) Wm. It wor a varra poor set out, wor Jenny's buryin, Ward Helbeck (1898) 98. w.Yks. (J.W.) Nhp.1 They gave us a capital set-out. War.3, Oxf.1 MS. add. Ken. (G.B.); Ken.1 There was a grand set-out at the wedding. I.W.1 There's gwine to be the deuce o' one zet out. Sus. (S.P.H.); Sus.1 There's been a pretty set-out up at the forge. (b) I.W.1 Dor.1 This is a pirty zet-out. (c) Ayr. Rab... thoucht he'd tak a bit set oot o' Wattie ae day, Aitken Lays (1883) 51. (15, a) Chs.1 When manure is freely applied, the farmer is said to be giving his field ‘a good set-over.’ (b) Chs.1 (16, a) ne.Sc. Auld Snuffie's set-to wi' lang Kirsty Lamond, Gordon Northward Ho (1894) 283. Gall. The teacher and he had a set-to, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 260, ed. 1876. Lakel.2 Cum.4 Mrs. S---- struck her first and they both had a set to, W. C. T. (July 2, 1898) 8, col. 3. n.Yks.4 Bob's 'ed a set-teea wi' Billy. e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.), w.Yks.1 Lan. (F.R.C.); Lan.1 They'd a rare set-to deawn i' t'kloof. e.Lan.1 Not. Yo're one o' them as would sooner loase an even set-to than win a handicap, Prior Forest Flk. (1901) 74. Nhp.1 War.3 They had a fine set-to about it. Slang. I'd describe now to you As fine a set-to, And regular turn-up, Barham Ingoldsby (1840) Bagman's Dog. (b) n.Sc. It's a queer set-to, sirs, Gordon Carglen (1891) 109. (c) Nhb. There was never a man i' the countryside it could toss off as much strong ale as he could, when he had a regular set-to, Jones Nhb. (1871) 142. (17) Cor.2
17. To seat, cause to sit. Cf. sit, 11. Sc. Joost when they were setten doon to their denner, Ford Thistledown (1891) 211. Sh.I. We wir juist saet wis in, Sh. News (July 10, 1897). n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. When we were set, your health gaed aft aboot, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 41. w.Yks. I set me down (J.T.F.); Shoo wor set o' th' hearthstone, Hartley Clock Alm. (1889) 44, in Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897). Lan. Wheer aw the foine folk wur set, mon, Ridings Muse (1853) 24. Chs. Betty were aw th' toime sot... i' th' cheer, Clough B. Bresskittle (1879) 4. Not. Set you down on the 'earthrug, Prior Renie (1895) 60. s.Not. Set yer down an' be at 'ome (J.P.K.). Lin. There's not much pleasure of a gentleman when he's al'us set, readin' an' writin' (J.T.F.). War.2 Wor. ‘Where is the cat?’ ‘Her were in the back kitchen sot but just’ (H.K.). Glo. When I be a set here by the fireside, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) xii. Som. A-zot, anyhow, 'pon one another's laps, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) i.
18. To place a hen upon eggs in order to hatch them. Frf. Her lachter's laid with which she's set, Morison Poems (1790) 68. n.Cy., Yks. (J.W.) Nhp.2 In setting a hen care is taken that the nest be composed of an odd number of eggs. If even the chicks would not prosper. Hrf. (E.M.W.) e.An.1 (s.v. On). w.Som.1 Her've a-zot the sparked hen abrood 'pon they eggs. Cor. I've got an old hen that I do want to set, Hunt Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (1865) 334, ed. 1896. Hence Setty, adj. (1) of a hen: persisting in sitting on the nest after the eggs have been taken; (2) of eggs having been sat upon by the hen. (1) Brks.1 When there were no eggs to give her the somewhat barbarous cure used to be to put her head under her wing, sway her until she was asleep, and then throw her into a horse pond. This was believed to cause her to forget her former desire to zet and she would then go on laying again. (2) Brks.1 Hmp. Wise New Forest (1883) 286; Hmp.1
19. To appoint, fix, decide; to arrange a price; to assign, allot; to give a task or work to be done. Sc. It's set that my poor sister is to die, Keith Lisbeth (1894) iv. Abd. Whatfor no set ill names to ill duers? MacDonald Warlock (1882) l. Ayr. Robin Rigging the theeker will have his wark set for a month to come, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 132. N.I.1 I can't set no time. Lakel.2 He set us seea mich ta deea an' we'd ta deea't. Cum.1 Set a day; Cum.4 n.Yks.1 He set me a day, an' Ah mun seear to please him by then; n.Yks.4 Ah've setten it at less na what Ah aimed ti git. ne.Yks.1 He set him t'spot at fo'tty pund. w.Yks. Set a price an' Ah'll see if Ah'll tak it, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897). Lan. I set him to repair my shippon wall, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 63. ne.Lan.1 I set Thorsda for dūn it. s.Lan.1 He noather likes work nor thoose 'at setten it for him, 34. Chs.1 To let work by the piece. Nrf. ‘What time shall us get up?’ ‘Well, set your time,’ Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 140. Cor. The manager... read out the names, positions, &c. of the various ‘pitches’ that were to be ‘sett’ for the following month, Ballantyne Deep Down (1868) 353.
20. In the game of skittles: to fix the spot whence the bowl shall be delivered in the next round. Dev. In the Devon game of skittles the alley is much wider than in Som., so as to allow of the bowl being delivered from various spots, either in front of, or diagonally to the ‘pack.’ At each round the loser has to set,.. and the winner has to lead off from this position. Hence the usual exclamation of the victor on knocking down the winning pin is, ‘Where d'ye zit?’ or ‘Where d'ye zit to, now?’ or if victorious a second time, ‘Where d'ye zit to, every time?’ Elworthy Wd. Bk. (1888).
21. To fix, place in position; to settle, arrange; to get in order. Abd. Gin we were wed an' fairly set, We'll gather gear, Cock Strains (1810) I. 123. Lth. She could foot a sock in an evening after the lamp was set, Swan Carlowrie (1895) i. Nhb., Dur. Setting timber, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). Cum.4 w.Yks. Thar setting thi ribbons varry nicely, Binns Vill. to Town (1882)
22. Lan. She paid Edward Abram for setting glass in one pane of Astley House window, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 83. Glo. I doan't thenk twelve year will set it, look 'ee, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) iii. e.An.1 [Can he set a shoe? Ay, marry, two, Here a nail, there a nail, Halliwell Nursery Rhymes (ed. 1886) 163.]
23. To put an article into proper shape after forging it with a hammer. w.Yks. (W.S.) 10. To straighten scissor-blades and give them the slight curve requisite for cutting. w.Yks. (C.V.C.) 11. To sharpen or strop a razor. w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897); w.Yks.2 Razors are said to be set when they are sharpened and made ready for use. A saw is set by having its teeth adjusted by bending them to the right and left.
24. To put milk into a pan for the cream to rise. Abd. Soon the day's last jot is past, Milk sey'd an' set, Murray Hamewith (1900) 80. Nhp.1 ‘Have you set the milk,’ is a common inquiry of a dairy-maid, after the milk is brought in from the cow.
25. To prepare a quantity of milk for coagulation. Chs.1 Setting a cheese is mixing the evening's and the morning's milk in the cheese-tub, adding the rennet, raising all to the proper temperature, and in fact making all the preparations necessary for the coagulation of the curd. s.Chs.1
26. To place a cart ready for loading or unloading at a raised platform; to unload a marl-cart. Chs.1 Chs.3 15. To set a fishing-line. Sh.I. Ta fishin' grund Whaur we can set an' hail, Stewart Tales (1892) 92.
27. Of bread: to put it in the oven. Dor. (A.C.), (W.C. c. 1750). 17. To fill and prepare cards for wool-combing. Cf. card, sb.1 w.Yks. At that time, cards were ‘set’ by hand, and it was a frequent sight... to see the females, young and old, sitting by their cottage doors setting cards, Cudworth Hist. Bolton, 326, in Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897); Forms upon which the youngsters of the neighbourhood sat while ‘setting’ cards, Leeds Merc. Suppl. 339; About fifty years ago children were employed for this work by piece, and they used to set what was called about 50,000 wires for one penny; the cloth was pierced by hand by practical men (J.C.).
28. Obs. To work according to a particular pattern. Sc. Ane new colored women's plaid most sett to boday red. Item, ane gray broken plaid, sett most to the green, Depred. Clan Campbell, 114 (Jam.).
29. To stack peats in sets of three; see below. w.Yks. After about a fortnight the cutters set them, which is standing three pieces together, one piece on its side edge, slightly leaning over towards two others resting sideways against it, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 276.
30. To place manure in heaps upon land ready for spreading; to spread marl over land. Chs. Sheaf (1878) I. 330. s.Chs.1 21. To plant, to plant seeds individually; to sow. Sc. (Jam.); Busy setting kail in the Manse garden, Hunter Armiger's Revenge (1897) iv. Sh.I. Set da taaties, Burgess Rasmie (1892) 38. Cai.1, Abd. (W.M.) s.Sc. A wee bit groun' To set red-cail, T. Scott Poems (1793) 324. Wgt. Farmers then, as now, allowed people to ‘set’ potatoes on their farms, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 219. N.I.1 Ant. Ballymena Obs. (1892). Nhb. I worked like a hero, and thought ‘setting taties’ a delightful new pastime, Graham Red Scaur (1896) 84. Lakel.2 Cum.1; Cum.4 A smo' lock o' taties will hev to be set, Dickinson Cumbr. (1876)
31. Wm. Ya day a was away it oot field setten taties, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 38. e.Yks.1 Tommy's getten all his taties setten. w.Yks. (J.W.), s.Lan.1 Chs. He is also restrained... from setting more potatoes than are necessary, Marshall Review (1818) II. 19; Chs.1; Chs.3 Them hands o' yourn's black enoo to set taties in! se.Wor.1 s.Wal. I can set the garden for them, Raine Torn Sails (1898) 151. e.An.1 Nrf. He sets his seeds, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 25. Dev. Tilling his garden in the dewy morn, setting his potatoes, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 41. Hence set to halves, phr., see below. Hmp. He had between fifty and sixty bushels of potatoes in Farmer Urry's ground, ‘set to halves’ ─ an ordinary arrangement in those days [1796], by which fresh ground was broken up, the planter finding labour and seed, the farmer the land, and the two sharing the produce equally between them, Longman's Mag. (Jan. 1902) 223.
32. To bury. Lakel. They set their old friend in his grave (B.K.).
33. To draw the first furrow in ploughing. n.Yks. To ‘set’ or ‘kest’ lands or ridges of 4 or 6 yards for wheat, plough the length of the field and back again, throwing the soil out from the top or middle of the ridge; then go to another land and plough the length of the field, then come back to the first land, and gather or throw back again the two furrows, thus making a well-shaped crown of the ridge, and then plough till the whole 4 or 6 yds. are done (I.W.). w.Yks.2 (s.v. Rig). Lei. To set a land, Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) (s.v. Feir).
34. To allow or suffer a thing to happen. Cum.1 She fell asleep and set t'fire out. w.Yks. (J.W.)
35. To cause, make, compel. Heb. As she could bring me round, and set me to swallow a glass of white wine negus, Sarah Tytler Macdonald Lass (1895)
36. Rnf. The vera thocht o't sets me crazy, Young Pictures (1865) 158. Ir. Thim blamed ould throopers that sets the lads wild, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 57. Nhb.1 What set ye ti gan there? What set ye ti think it wis me?
37. Obs. To stop the natural growth; to stunt. Shr. The cruel custom of setting the horns of oxen, Marshall Review (1818) II. 243.
38. To beset. Abd. Sorra set 'im, weel-a-wat Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 224.
39. To come or bring to a halt; fig. to puzzle. Bnff.1 They vrocht weel till near even; bit they fairly set upo' ma han' jist fin we wiz within an oor o' bein' deen. Abd. It wad set me to waur't better to my ain mind nor servin' yersel', MacDonald Warlock (1882) xxiv. Cld. (Jam.), w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. I wurr warr set to get eawt, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) 62.
40. To astound, overcome with surprise. e.An. (Hall.); e.An.1 When she heard the news, she was quite set.
41. To nauseate, disgust. Sc. The very sicht of that soss set my stammack (Jam.). Rxb. It sets my stomach, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 181. Lakel.2 Ah's set wi' mi poddish fer a wonder. Cum. If ye give a sheep too much fodder at yance it gets set (E.W.P.); Cum.1 It was sa nasty, it was fit to set a dog. w.Yks. Ah've hed so mich cowd meyt latly 'at Ah'm fair set at t'seet on't (S.K.C.); Ah fair boakcned, Ah wor that set wi' t'seeght on't, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897).
42. Of dogs: to point or mark game; to track sheep. Lnk. There they stood like three pointers set, Watt Poems (1827) 99. w.Yks. Sheep... buried in the drift, a good dog will set them, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) iii.
43. To stare at, watch. w.Yks.2, Not.1 Lei.1 They set me all dinner-time. A sets ye soo a puts ye out o' countenance.
44. To let, lease. Sc. A lodging, all within itself, with divers easements, to set, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 436; A house to set (Jam.). Or.I. Nor yett sett their house. Edb. Ant. Mag. (1848) 6. Cai.1 Abd. The policies a' pailin'd aff an' set, Murray Hamewith (1900) 25. Ayr. He set his own house to Thomas Treddles, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) xxviii. Lnk. Where any lands or houses are set to such persons, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 346, ed. 1828. Edb. Mony houses do appear, As gif they wadna set this year, Crawford Poems (1798) 105. Wgt. The right to uplift these dues was set to Anthony Conning, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 34. Ir. To set one's house at so much a year (A.S.-P.). Cum.3 Wid t'farms o' weel set, 29. n.Yks.1 He set him t'farm at a hunder' pun'. w.Yks. Yks. Wkly. Post (June 19, 1897). Lan. I asked him if he would set the higher grounds at his house, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 4. ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3, Stf.1 Der.2 He sets his place cheep or dear. nw.Der.1, Not.1, Lei.1 War. White Wrekin (1860) xx; War.2 War.3; War.4 In old Musser Margett's time yer could not set land a price worth having. Wor. (W.C.B.) w.Wor.1 I reckon thaay be ahl set by now. s.Wor.1, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 I 'ear they'n set the 'ill Farm at last. Hrf. (H.C.M.), Hrf.2 Glo. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1789); (A.B.); Glo.1, Oxf.1
45. Obs. To occupy a piece of land for mining purposes. Der. May set In any ground, and there Lead-oar may get, Manlove Lead Mines (1653) l. 3; The vulgar term is, setting for a mine, MANLOVE Lead Mines 37.
46. To place to account. w.Yks.1 36. To escort, accompany either for the whole or part of a journey. Slk. Wha o' ye bonny lasses sets me the length o' the town-head yett? Hogg Tales (1838) 364, ed. 1866. Gall. I will set you up the waterside, Crockett Standard Bearer (1893) 329. Kcb. Gilbert can set ye a bit, Armstrong Kirkiebrae (1896) 75. N.Cy.1 Set me a bit on my road. Nhb. Few days on which he did not either accompany her home, or ‘set’ her as far as the foot-bridge, S. Tynedale Studies (1896) No. v; Nhb.1, Dur.1, e.Dur.1, Lakel.2 Cum. Gin it shews verra dark our laal lad'll set her hame past the planten (J.Ar.); Mr.---- accepted the offer of two men to set him home, Carlisle Patr. (Feb. 3, 1888) 6. Wm. Sooa he set ma throot intack fell-yet, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 11. n.Yks.1 They set me wiv t'Gallowa' as far as t'toon-end; n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 ‘Who set thee?’ ‘I wasn't setten; I came by myself.’ w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3; w.Yks.5 Set him to t'three mile end, and then come back agean! Lan. I've just setten him on his way home, Westall Birch Dene (1889) IV. 102. ne.Lan.1 s.Lan.1 Aw'll set thee part o' th' road. Chs.1, n.Lin.1
47. To send, dispatch. Sc. Wha set ye wi' that message then? Swan Gates of Eden (ed. 1895) i. Sh.I. Muckle need o' a corn in cup ta saet da cauld frae your stammicks, Sh. News (Feb. 26, 1898). Slk. The sheep were all smeared... and set to the hill, Hogg Tales (1838) 49, ed. 1866. Nhb. Set Dick the Trapper for some syep, Midford Coll. Sngs. (1818) 5; Why lad! what's set te here se lyet? Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 46. Dur. It'll be cur'osity that setten her ladyship here, Guthrie Kitty Fagan (1900) 125. m.Yks.1 They were setten home by half-past one.
48. To propel a boat by means of a pole; to ‘quant.’ N.Cy.1 Nhb. Aw was settin the keel, wi' Dick Stavers an' Mat, N. Minstrel (1806) pt. ii. 63; Nhb.1, e.An.1 Ken. To push a flat or lighter along with a boom (H.M.).
49. To hoist, to start a crane upwards; gen. in imp. w.Yks. (J.J.B.) 40. To give the keynote of a tune; to commence, strike up. w.Yks. Hey, Nathan, thee set t'tune wilta, Cudworth Bradford, 240, in Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897).
50. In mining: to fill a tub unfairly; see below. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. The large coals are built up and left intentionally hollow in the tub or corf, and the top carefully filled over in order to get full payment for as small as possible a quantity of coals. This fraud can only be practiced where the hewers are paid by measure; in place of which payment by weight is now most generally substituted, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
51. To burn food in cooking. m.Yks.1 Cf. sit, 14.
52. To shut, close; see below. Ess.1 In March or April yearly proclamation is made near Mersey Stone... that the River Colne is shut, and that all persons are forbidden to dredge, or to take any oysters whatever, before the feast of S. Mary Magdalen (July 22), and then to come in and take licenses. This is called setting, i.e. shutting the Colne, Wright Hist. Ess. I. 337.
53. To become, beseem, suit; freq. used iron. Cf. sit, 16. Sc. It sets a haggis to be roasted. It sets you weel to gab wi' your bonnet on, Henderson Prov. (1832) 127, ed. 1881; A Sunday kilt... which he would have set... as well as any of his sons, Miller Schools (1879) v; Sets-ye-weel; gen. used in a taunting or iron. sense (Jam. Suppl.). Sh.I. Yon's her aald hat trimmed wi a bit o new sylk, an it sets her lovely, Burgess Tang (1898) 17. n.Sc. They had sic a glitter, They set him sae rarelie, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 86, ed. 1875. e.Sc. It's no that ye dinna set them, Setoun Sunshine (1895) 200. Frf. Do you think this bonnet sets me? Barrie Minister (1891) ii. Per. It sets ye weel... to be speerin' after my puir dautie, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 49, ed. 1887. Dmb. Ye'll set the silk as well as e'er ye've dune the plaiden, Cross Disruption (1844) xxvi. Rnf. It maks ye braw and sets ye weel, To mak yoursel' a perfect deil, Barr Poems (1861)
54. Lnk. [He] sets, too, his bonnet an' plaidie, Rodger Poems (1838) 35, ed. 1897. Lth. It disna set the like o' me, to mak' ony show-off, Strathesk Blinkbonny (ed. 1891) 185. Edb. O' your hair the nat'ral hue, You better set, The Complaint (1795) 7. Slk. It sets thee weel, thou haughtye youth, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865)
55. Dmf. It sets thee ill, pedantic Johnny, Tae satirize a bosom cronie, Quinn Heather (1863) 28. Gall. Siccan manners! they wadna set a Colmonel brood-sow, Crockett Lochinvar (1897) 301. N.I.1 She sets that very well. Uls. (M.B.-S.) Ant. You set your bonnet, Ballymena Obs. (1892). N.Cy.1 ‘It becomes you well,’ ironical. Nhb.1
56. To equal; to consider as an equal or as equivalent. Cf. sit, 17. Cum.1 If he can n't bang thee he can set thee; Cum.4 w.Yks. If I set this oringe ageean thy ninety nuts we's to be abaht streights, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 10, 1897).
57. To sit. Hdg. John Kirkwood... having setten six several days, Ritchie St. Baldred (1883) 246. Uls. You're not overly fond of setting at home when there's sport going, Hamilton Bog (1896) 4. Lan. Laddie allus sets i' th' armcheer at our place, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1895) 73. Der. Ef yo'ld set inside, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 4. Lin. Set down (J.T.F.). n.Lin. He sets hissen doon by roäd-side, Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 93. War.2 Glo. I'll set down an' hev a bit of a snack, Gibbs Cotswold Vill. (1898)
58. s.Oxf. Ask 'er to set down, Rosemary Chilterns (1895) 50. Brks. As sure as I sets year, Hayden Round our Vill. (1901) 31; Brks.1 Nrf. A viper setting with his chaps open, Emerson Birds (ed. 1895) 395. Suf. Too many new books and they set and read 'um, Fison Merry Suf. (1899) 38. Ken.1; Ken.2 I was setting in my chair. Hmp. Set down and ate thee vittles, Gray Ribstone Pippins (1898) 14. n.Wil. While th' king zets at huz teäble, Kite Sng. Sol. (1860) i. 12. Dev. Do 'ee set down, Norway Parson Peter (1900) 191.
59. Of food: to agree. Cf. sit, 7. Sur.1 I... took some cider and a little whisky on the top of it, and it didn't set well.
60. To cease to grow; to become mature. Cf. sit, 6. Bnff.1 The neeps are settin. Cld. (Jam.) [Which in a young animal indicates that the carcass will soon ‘set’ from growing, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 174.]
61. To become firm or hard; to stiffen, congeal, coagulate; to bind. Sh.I. Geng an' owse up da gruul sae 'at hit sets, Sh. News (Aug. 5, 1899). Cld. The glue's begun to set (Jam.). Lakel.2 w.Yks.1 T'gravel sets weel. ne.Lan.1 To bind as gravel on walks when it becomes solid. Chs. The lowest degree of heat on setting, Marshall Review (1818) II. 47; Chs.1 Mortar sets when it becomes hard, and jelly sets when it solidifies. Nhp.1 The gravel sets well. Dor. These here curds d'seem to be a-settin' all right, Francis Fiander's Widow (1901) pt. 11. iii.
62. To benumb; only in pp. s.Chs.1 Mi aan·z bin fae r set wi kuwd.
63. Of a season, period, &c.: to approach, come on. N.I.1 The night is set.
64. To set off or out; to start, commence. Sh.I. Da cat set up da trapp, and Sly efter her, Sh. News (Sept. 2, 1899). Rnf. On my gate again I set, Neilson Poems (1877)
65. Ayr. His only son for Hornbook sets, Burns Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 27. Kcb. I exhort you to set up the brae to the King's house, that must be taken by violence, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 150. Lan. So set forwards towards Preston and got there a little before noon, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 8. Dor.1 We zet, in yarnest, ev'ry oone a-halen carn, 158. n.Dev. When the dogs set a howling, Chanter Witch (1896) 14.
66. Of a bull: to run at any one. Som. I see he's hobbled ─ perhaps he sets (W.F.R.).
67. To win the game in whist, &c. e.An. (Hall.)

SET, ppl. adj. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. Also written sett, sette Sc. (Jam.); and in forms setten Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Dur.1 Lakel.2 Cum.4 n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1 Chs.3 n.Lin.1; settin Rxb. (Jam.); setton Nhp.1; sot Ir. Amer.; zet Sus. [set, se·tən.] 1. In comb. (1) Set-colour, a deep, bright colour; (2) Set-down, sit-down, taking place while sitting; formal, regularly prepared; (3) Set-gear, money placed at interest; (4) Set-in, (a) ingrained, esp. of dirt; adhering to the skin; having a tinged complexion; (b) permanent, lasting for a considerable time; (5) Set on, (a) resolved upon, determined to have, bent upon; (b) given to, engrossed with, devoted to; (c) annoyed, exasperated; (d) of food burnt in cooking; (e) stunted in growth, short, ill-thriven; (6) Set-out, (a) in mining: applied to a corf that has been set aside as not sufficiently filled; (b) see below; (7) Set-pan, (8) Set-pot, a fixed boiler or copper; (9) Set-rent, a certain portion allotted to a servant or cottager when working for his master; also used fig.; (10) Set-tail, a tail having the under-ligaments divided; (11) Set-tailed, of a horse: having the under-ligaments of the tail divided; (12) Set-to-bottom, (a) see (5, d); (b) see (5, e); (13) Set-up, conceited, proud, vain, affected; elated; (14) Set upon, see (5, a). (1) Midl. On her cheeaks were two great dabs o' the very heart's blood o' the rose... a ‘set colour,’ as we call it, Bartram People of Clopton (1897) 67. (2) Ayr. There was to be no set-doon denner for him at hame, Johnston Congalton (1896) 87. [Amer. Set-down games like these, Slosson Foxglove (1898) 11.] (3) Dmf. We'll sell a' our corn, Carlin, We'll sell a' our bear, An' we'll send to our ain Lord A' our sette gear, Cromek Remains (1810) 138. (4, a) Nhb.1, Lakel.2 Cum.4 Fairly setten in wi' dirt. n.Yks.2 ‘Setten in like a mulatto,’ tawny; n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Thi hans is set in wi' muck, Nicholson Flk. Sp. (1889) 96; e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.), w.Yks.1 (b) Cai.1 Bnff.1 It leuks as gehn it wir to be a set-in frost. Cld. It's a real set-in frost noo (Jam.). n.Yks.4, w.Yks. (J.W.) (5, a) Ayr. She was clean set on't, Johnston Congalton (1896) 114. Rxb. If you're so set on biding wi' this carrion I'll bide too, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 322. Wm. (B.K.) w.Yks. Sho saw at ah wor fair set o' goin', Dewsbre Olm. (1872) 8. Lan. Sin' thou's set on't, Francis Daughter of Soil (1895) 98. Der. Mother were set on him; hoo seemed to know as he'd mek a good husband, Gilchrist Peakland (1897) 113. s.Oxf. You know master... was that set on 'avin' our Joe, Rosemary Chilterns (1895) 20. Ken. That set on his own way with 'er too, Carr Cottage Flk. (1897) 95. e.Dev. To try and entice her to do otherwise would but make her the more set on it, Jane Lordship (1897) 101. (b) Per. The folk's that set on their reports an' their rumours, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 149, ed. 1887. Dmb. She... pretends to be as set on kirk matters, Cross Disruption (1844) xxxii. Ayr. She was aye set on folk abune her station, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 159. Sus. Ter'bly zet on that there chile 'er was! Davies Athirt Downs (1901) 14. (c) w.Yks. T'chap wor rayther set on ta think 'at he'd been done so cheeaply, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897). (d) Sc. (Jam.), N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 The taties is settin-on, aa fear. Dur.1, Lakel.2, n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) (e) Sc. He's a wee setten-on body (Jam. Suppl.). N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Poor setten-on bodies are lengthened, Robson Sngs. of Tyne (1849). Dur.1, Lakel.2, Cum.4 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 A little setten on sort of a body; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1, Nhp.1 (6, a) Nhb.1 The hewing price of a set-oot corf was deducted from the hewer's wages at the pay. (b) Sus. By an ancient custom the payers of the great tithes were entertained on three Sundays in harvest-time at breakfast on a substantial scale, together with their farm-labourers in proportion to the number of plough teams employed, to induce them, in fact, not to commit any injury to the set-out tithes of corn by trampling and other spoilage, which is often wantonly exercised, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1902) 342. (7) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (8) Nhb.1 A seated or fixed pot, with a fire and special flue. The common wash-house arrangement. Lakel.1 The large circular pan built into a furnace (s.v. Pot). Cum.1 Cum.4, Cum., Wm. (M.P.), n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Now seldom seen. w.Yks. They are almost, if not altogether, as common as the side-pan. .. Where there is a kitchen or equal convenience, then almost surely is there placed therein a set-pot... The set-pot is not only used for washing purposes, but it frequently has a culinary use, it being found useful on occasions when an extra quantity of things have to be cooked, and the ordinary ovens and pans are too small. On the occasions of tides, feasts, and at Christmas time, when large plum puddings are required, the set-pot is a very useful acquisition in a house, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 17, 1897); w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.5, n.Lin.1 (9) Sc. ‘You are as well on your purchase as some are on their set rent.’ Often spoken to them that have as many bastards as others have lawful children or any such occasion, Kelly Prov. (1721) 392; He lives upon his purchase as well as others on their set rent (Jam.). Kcb. Now I think... these comforts that accompany it better than the world's set rent, Rutherford Lett. (1765) pt. i. ep. 6 (JAM.). (10) Cum.4 Crop-eared horses with set tails, Dickinson Lit. Rem. (1888) 138. (11) Cum.1 The fashion was about 1800 and previously to divide the under ligaments of the horse's tail and to suspend the tail by pulleys and weights till the wounds healed and the tail had acquired an elevated and permanent set. (12 a, b) e.Yks.1 (13) Sc. Isabella may be a little set up with her money, Keith Lisbeth (1894) x. Bnff.1 Per. That silly set-up young madam, Sarah Tytler Witchwife (1897) 91. Ir. Barlow Ghost-bereft (1901) 91. Cum.4 n.Yks. You set-up... scum to' to'nn agin our Joe! Atkinson Lost (1870) xxvi. Not.1 n.Lin.1 She is setten up, she is, just becos a gentleman hes mis-married hissen wi' her doughter. Lei.1 Shay's a little setup thing. Nhp.1 Who's she? a little set-up thing. War.3 Lon. She's that set up you wouldn't know 'er, Kipling Badalia (1890) 7, col. 2. (14) Edb. You're ay set upo' mischief, Crawford Poems (1798) 56. Dev. I be awful set upon a sup of that, Phillpotts Sons of Morning (1900) 180. 2. Of an egg: having an embryo bird found inside. Oxf.1 Said by boys when birds-nesting. ‘Why don't you blow that egg?’ ‘I can't; it's set,’ MS. add. 3. Stunted in growth, short, squat, having ceased to grow. Also in comp. Set-like, Set-looking. Cf. sitten, ppl. adj. 2. Bnff.1, Cld. (Jam.) N.I.1 A low set person. She's quite set lookin'. Chs.3 Said of a tree or bush that will not thrive,.. dwarfed and stunted by being barked by cattle rubbing against it; overshadowed, or by being on ground that does not suit it. ‘It's an ould setten thing.’ Nhp.1 4. Bent, warped. Sc. Applied to wood not properly seasoned (Jam. Suppl.). 5. Of food: burnt in cooking. m.Yks.1 Cf. sitten, ppl. adj. 3. 6. Determined, firm, resolute; fixed in opinions or purpose, obstinate, self-willed. Cai. He was too set and thrawn to learn good manners, Horne Countryside (1896) 150. Per. Ye're juist a wee pridefu' whiles, an' ower set in yer ain notions, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 77, ed. 1887. Gall. I'm an auld woman, and set in my ways, Crockett Banner of Blue (1902) xxx. Ken.1 He's terrible set in his ways, there ain't no turning an 'im. Sus.1 He was a set sort of a man, he was, and no mistake (s.v. Sen). [Amer. A' orful sot in his way sort o' a feller, Cent. Mag. (Mar. 1885) 678.] 7. Disposed, affected; gen. in phr. ill set, well set. Sc. I'm told she's not very well set towards the laird's wife, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 146; He is very ill set, Ruddiman Introd. (1773) (Jam.). Abd. It wad be ill set o' me to anger ye, MacDonald Lossie (1877) lv; Finding thee said James Ogilvie peaceablie sett, Stuart Eccl. Rec. Abd. (1846) 260. Ayr. A strong ill-set looking tyke, Johnston Congalton (1896) 108. Lan. Th' weather's favourable, an' aw'm weel set, Dottie Rambles (1898) 167. 8. Cast down, distressed, afflicted. Abd. (Jam.)

SET, see Seat, sb.3

SET, v. and sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. 1. v. In phr. (1) set yourself! a command to a cow to put her leg in position for a milkmaid to milk her; (2) to set gobs, to make faces; (3) to set on, (a) to attack; (b) to employ; to give work to; (c) ? to do well by; (4) set out, (a) to array oneself for conquest; (b) to run away. (1) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (2) Wm. Ah'll nut hev thi setten-gobs at fooak at's aulder ner thisel (B.K.). (3, a) Cum. (E.W.P.) (b) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (c) Abd. There's nae mony fowk noo-a-days 't wid think themsel' sair set on wi' sic a sober diet, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Oct. 29, 1904). (4, a) Slk. A young man who was reported to be coortin' his maister's dauchter, and to be ‘settin' oot’; which latter phrase meant that Jock was arraying himself for conquest, Thomson Drummeldale (1901) 3. (b) Dor. (E.C.M.) 2. To plant. se.Lin. (J.T.B.) 3. sb. A slip; a shoot. n.Der. (S.B.) 4. pl. Rough horseplay such as is common at fairs. Cum. (E.W.P.)