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set-
the stem of set v.1 in comb., chiefly in ns. derived from phr. with advs. (see set v.1 XII.): set-forth, a setting forth, departure; set-in, the beginning of a period of time, a spell of weather, or the like; set-on, the way in which a thing is set on. See also set-back, set-down, set-to, set-up, etc. Also set-fair, the second coat in plastering; set-hands, applied to devices connected with setting the hands of a watch or clock; set-ope dial. [ope a. and n.], a device for holding open a gate, window, etc. (? obs.); set-screw, a screw that enables two contiguous parts to be brought into and held in their correct relative position, and is usually threaded the full length of the shank; in names of devices for adjusting or shaping, set-bolt, -hammer, -stud (see quots.). See also setfast.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 5 *Set bolts for forcing the workes and plankes together. 1770–4A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1803) I. 115 Backing out a Bolt, or Trenail, is driving it out by means of a tool called a Set-bolt. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Set bolt..a. One used as a drift, to force another bolt out of its hole. b. A bolt used to bring a plank to its bearings.
1812P. Nicholson Mech. Exerc. 312 (Plastering), *Set Fair, is used after roughing-in and floated or pricked up and floated: it should be well troweled.
1829Southey in Corr. Car. Bowles (1881) 177 Whether the next *set-forth from the house be for a marriage, or a funeral.
1855Franke Beil's Technol. Dict. II. 456 *Set-hammer (a hammer used in forging a set-off). 1883Crane Smithy & Forge 29 The ‘set-hammer’ is employed by being held against a certain portion of the heated iron and its top struck with the hammer.
1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 240 *Set-hands Arbor..the arbor in a three-quarter plate key-winding watch by which the hands are set. Ibid., Set-hands Dial. Ibid., Set hands Square. 1885C. G. W. Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iv. 337/1 The set-hands stud.
1825New Monthly Mag. XVI. 270 A regular *set in of Arabian wind is hardly to be expected. 1830W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iv. 331 At set-in of day. 1852in Col. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 344 A regular set in of wet weather at last.
1847W. C. L. Martin Ox 48/2 The *set-on of the tail is prominent, and detracts from their appearance. 1884Live Stock Jrnl. 15 Aug. 154/2 In Puppies the winner..falls away too much from loin to set-on of tail.
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 336 The gate oont keep back; the *set-ope is gone. 1912Civ. Serv. Supply Assoc. Catal. 1351 Melon frames..glazed with 21 oz. sheet glass, and fitted with improved set-opes.
1850T. Tredgold Steam Engine (ed. 3) I. iv. 19 When the piston is taken to pieces.., the two *set-screws h are taken out of the holes into which they are screwed in the piston cover, and two handles screwed into them. 1855Franke Beil's Technol. Dict. II. 456 Set-screw, Adjusting screw, Regulating screw. 1861Fairbairn Iron 129 Set screws,..and all kinds of small work, are produced at the same rate. 1947J. C. Rich Materials & Methods of Sculpture ix. 277 A setscrew is used [in proportional dividers] to hold the two arms together and to adjust the dividers. 1970K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook vi. 69/1 Undo the setscrew securing the angled extension piece to the gear-rod.
1855Franke Beil's Technol. Dict. II. 456 Set-bolt, *Set-stud (a bolt screwed into the two pieces to be joined, and fastened so as to prevent the play of the pieces). |