单词 | to go setting |
释义 | > as lemmasto go setting c. intransitive. To set game. †Also formerly (of persons), to go setting, to hunt with a setter. to set dead, to make a dead set: see setting n.1 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > point or drop point1742 set1775 stand1806 drop1840 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 12 His dog may refuse to set. 1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (1887) iii. 66 The puppy of the setting-dog squats down and sets untaught. 1892 Field 23 July 124/1 He..steals along a few paces, and then sets rigidly, just as an old grey hen flushes. 1897 Badminton Mag. Apr. 456 The mother, twenty yards off, backs her point and sets dead. < as lemmas |
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