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Amusette
Amusette Am`u*sette", n. [F.] A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
Anisette
Anisette An`i*sette", n. [F.] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. --De Colange.
Besetter
Besetter Be*set"ter, n. One who, or that which, besets.
Bonesetter
Bonesetter Bone"set*ter, n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.
Cassette
Cassette Cas`sette", n. [F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See lst Case.] Same as Seggar.
Chemisette
Chemisette Chem`i*sette", n.[F., dim. of chemise.] An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.
Cossette
Cossette Cos*sette", n. [F.] One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.
Crossette
Crossette Cros*sette" (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
Fossette
Fossette Fos`sette" (? or ?), n. [F., dim. of fosse a fosse.] 1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple. 2. (Med.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea.
Frisette
Frisette Fri*sette", Frizette Fri*zette", n. [F. frisette curl.] a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
Glissette
Glissette Glis*sette", n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] (Math.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
Grisette
Grisette Gri*sette", n. [F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars.] A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. --Sterne.
Louisette
Guillotine Guil"lo*tine` (g[i^]l"l[-o]*t[=e]n`), n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. 2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
Musette
Musette Mu*sette", n. [F., dim. of OF. muse.] 1. A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone. 2. An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.
Noisette
Noisette Noi*sette", n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. --P. Henderson.
Poussette
Poussette Pous*sette" (p[=oo]*s[e^]t"), n. [F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push.] A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. --Dickens.
Poussette
Poussette Pous*sette", v. i. To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.] --Tennyson. Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. --J. & H. Smith.
Resetter
Resetter Re*set"ter (-t?r), n. (Scots Law) One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.
Resetter
Resetter Re*set"ter (r?-S?t"t?r), n. One who resets, or sets again.
Rosette
Rosette Ro*sette, n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset.] 1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge. 2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration. 3. A red color. See Roset. 4. A rose burner. See under Rose. 5. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand. (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
Roughsetter
Roughsetter Rough"set`ter, n. A mason who builds rough stonework.
Roussette
Roussette Rous*sette", n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the color. See Russet.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.
Settee
Settee Set*tee", n. [From Set; cf. Settle a seat.] A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
Setter
Setter Set"ter, v. t. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.]
Setter
Setter Set"ter, n. 1. 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: 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. 3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. --Shak. 4. One who adapts words to music in composition. 5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.] They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. --Whitlock. 6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. --Ure.
Typesetter
Typesetter Type"set`ter, n. One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.
Undersetter
Undersetter Un"der*set`ter, n. One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.
Wadsetter
Wadsetter Wad"set*ter, n. One who holds by a wadset.

Meaning of SETTE from wikipedia

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