Word Meaning

Meaning of "setter" and the crossword clue

- Compositor with long hair trained to point
- Crossword compiler
- Crossword writer
- Dog breed, Irish ...
- Dog, red ...
- Exam creator
- Long-haired dog breed
- Type of dog
- 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.
- 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.
- One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
- A shallow seggar for porcelain.
- To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.