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.
2. The act of marking the position of game, as
a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. Boyle.
3. Something set in, or inserted.
Thou shalt set in it settings of
stones.
Ex. xxviii. 17.
4. That in which something, as a gem, is set;
as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
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.