setting rule

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setting rule - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Setting \Set"ting\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting
        of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting
        (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set)
        of a current.
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     2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
        also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle.
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     3. Something set in, or inserted.
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              Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex.
                                                    xxviii. 17.
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     4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold
        setting of a jeweled pin.
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     5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real
        or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.
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     Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of
        plastering on walls or ceilings.
  
     Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2.
  
     Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing
        boats along in shallow water.
  
     Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
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  Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a.
     1. Tending to compose or soothe.
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     2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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     Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
        when in use.
  
     Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
        against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
        or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
        lifted; -- called also setting rule.
  
     Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
        which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
        he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
        side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
        of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
        column, may be determined.
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