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sett


noun

  1. Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
  2. Also called stake. a handheld tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.
  3. Also set. the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.

noun

  1. a small rectangular paving block made of stone, such as granite, used to provide a durable road surfaceCompare cobblestone
  2. the burrow of a badger
    1. a square in a pattern of tartan
    2. the pattern itself

n.see set (n.1). The extra t is an arbitrary addition in various technical senses, from a lawn-tennis to a granite set. Each class of persons has doubtless added it to distinguish the special sense that means most to it from all others ; but so many are the special senses that the distinction is now no more distinctive than an Esq. after a man’s name, & all would do well to discard it. [Fowler]

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