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  • 61setting block — noun or setting board : a grooved block or board usually of cork used by entomologists in setting the wings and other parts of insects in the position for drying …

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  • 62setting point — noun 1. : the temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid or semisolid : freezing point 2. : a place in a mechanism where adjustments may be made * * * setting point, the place or point at which an adjustment or setting can be made in a… …

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  • 63setting-up — {adj.} Done early in the morning to make you fresh and feel strong for the day. * /Tom jumped out of bed and did his setting up exercises./ Compare: DAILY DOZEN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 64setting-up — {adj.} Done early in the morning to make you fresh and feel strong for the day. * /Tom jumped out of bed and did his setting up exercises./ Compare: DAILY DOZEN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 65setting rule — Composing Com*pos ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. [1913 Webster] {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 66setting — noun Date: 14th century 1. the manner, position, or direction in which something is set 2. the frame or bed in which a gem is set; also style of mounting 3. a. the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops b. the time… …

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  • 67setting — Synonyms and related words: Intertype, Linotype, Monotype, adaptation, agora, amphitheater, arena, arrangement, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, athletic field, auditorium, back, backdrop, background, background detail, backing, bear garden,… …

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  • 68Setting — Set|ting das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. setting, eigtl. »Rahmen, Umgebung«> Gesamtheit von Merkmalen der Umgebung, in deren Rahmen etwas stattfindet, erlebt wird …

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  • 69setting-up — adj Done early in the morning to make you fresh and feel strong for the day. Tom jumped out of bed and did his setting up exercises. Compare: daily dozen …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 70setting limits — determining limits, setting restrictions …

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