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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
SET'TER, n.
1. One that sets; as a setter on, or inciter; a setter up; a setter forth, &c.
2. A dogs that beats the field and starts birds for sportsmen.
3. A man that performs the office of a setting dogor finds persons to be plundered.
4. One that adapts words to music in composition.
5. Whatever sets off, adorns or recommendws. [Not used.]
1913 Definition
One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with
a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a
setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter
forth.
A hunting dog of a
special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and
the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the
position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally
they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
* There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter, which is variously colored, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Shak. One who adapts words to music in
composition.
An adornment; a decoration; -- with
off.
[Obs.]
They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. Whitlock. A shallow seggar for
porcelain.
Ure. To cut the dewlap
(of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an
issue.
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Noah Says...
In correcting public evils, great reliance is placed on schools. But learning and sciences have no material effect in subduing ambition and selfishness, reconciling parties or subjecting private interest to the influence of a ruling preference of public good.
On Suffrage (unpublished)
