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setting

1. the scenery, properties, or background, used to create the location for a stage play, film, etc.

2. Music a composition consisting of a certain text and music provided or arranged for it

3. any of a series of points on a scale or dial that can be selected to control the level as of temperature, speed, etc., at which a machine functions

4. a clutch of eggs in a bird's nest, esp a clutch of hen's eggs

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No references found			Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if both are at dinner on the same ox or calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth? The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context You will be setting your cap at him now, and never think of poor Brandon. Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of "Mother," Therefore by that dear name I long have called you -- You who are more than mother unto me, And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you In setting my Virginia's spirit free. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context			Seti I Setif Sétif setigerous SETL SETL/E SETL2 Seto Seto-naikai setoff Seton Seton Day Seton, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Ernest Thompson Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton-Watson, Robert William setover SETS setscrew Setsubun sett Settat Sette-Daban Setter Settignano, Desiderio da setting setting angle setting bed setting block setting circle setting coat Setting Device setting gage Setting of a Celestial Body setting out setting punch setting ring setting shrinkage setting space setting stuff setting temperature setting time setting-in stick setting-up Settle, Elkanah settleable solids test settled settled ground settled snow Settlement Settlement Account			sett sett sett sett sett SETTA Settable Pneumatic Altitude Detection SETTAS Settat Settat Province Sette-Daban setted setted setted setted setted settee settee settee settee settees setter setter setter Setter Control Unit setters setters setterwort setterwort Settignano, Desiderio da setting Setting (education) setting a price setting about setting about setting about setting about setting against setting against setting against setting against setting angle setting apart setting apart setting apart setting apart setting aside setting aside setting aside setting aside setting aside for a particular purpose setting aside of specific property setting at naught setting at naught setting back setting back setting back setting back setting back on their heels setting back on their heels setting back on their heels

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