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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Setting

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Setting

SET'TING, participle present tense Placing; putting; fixing; studding; appointing; sinking below the horizon, etc.

SET'TING, noun

1. The act of putting, placing, fixing or establishing.

2. The act of sinking below the horizon. The setting of stars is of three kinds, cosmical, acronical, and heliacal. [See these words.]

3. The act or manner of taking birds by a setting dog.

4. Inclosure; as settings of stones.

5. The direction of a current at sea.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Setting-dog

SET'TING-DOG, noun A setter; a dog trained to find and start birds for sportsmen.