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31To set one's cap for — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …
32To set one's self against — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …
33To set one's teeth — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …
34The Maul and the Pear Tree — is a true crime book by PD James and TA Critchley about the Ratcliff Highway murders, published in 1971.According to publisher s blurb, it is one of the most elegant exercises in literary historical detection since Josephine Tey s The Daughter of …
35anchovy pear — 1. the fruit of a West Indian tree, Grias cauliflora, somewhat resembling the mango. 2. the tree itself. [1690 1700] * * * ▪ plant (Grias cauliflora), evergreen tree of the family Lecythidaceae, native to the West Indies. The tree is… …
36hard pear — noun 1. : a southern African shrub (Olinia cymosa) having square stems, cymose white flowers, red drupaceous fruit, and hard wood that is used for making musical instruments 2. : a southern African tree (Strychnos henningsii) with elliptical… …
37Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck — Guido Georg Friedrich Erdmann Heinrich Adalbert Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck, from 1901 Fürst Henckel von Donnersmarck (b. Breslau, 10 August 1830 d. Berlin, 19 December 1916) was a German nobleman, industrial magnate, and one of the richest men …
38periodic law — /pear ee od ik, pear /, Chem. 1. the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers. 2. Also called Mendeleev s law. (originally) the statement that the chemical and physical properties of the elements… …
39Peartree — One of the unusual features of this surname is that whilst it is almost certainly topographical, it may not mean one who lived by a peartree. The origin is a combination of Olde English, and Norman French, and the derivation is from Pere tre(ow) …
40periodic motion — /pear ee od ik, pear /, Physics. any motion that recurs in identical forms at equal intervals of time. * * * Motion that is repeated in equal intervals of time. The time of each interval is the period. Examples of periodic motion include a… …
