sett

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.

2. 2

   The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.

3. 3

   The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth.

   • To achieve a balanced weave, the sett must be a little tighter than it would be for a twill.
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   1. 4

      The number of reeds or splits per inch – one half the number of ends per inch.

   2. 5

      A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.

      • Three horses trotted abreast, with the clatter of hoofs on the granite setts, and the yellow, uproarious machine jolted violently behind them, […]
      • The old market-square was not very large, a mere bare patch of granite setts, usually with a few fruit-stalls under a wall.
   3. 6

      A mine or set of mines on lease.

      • […] let the dialler, with the same instrument he uses underground, run a north and south line on the surface, in any convenient part of the sett, marking the extremities by well-fixed points, […]
   4. 7

      A collection of pumps in a mine.

      • After a delay of about three months, the 24 inches sett of pumps was ready for work, and sinking was resumed with one sett of pumps 18 inches in diameter in No. 1 pit, and one sett 24 inches in diameter in No. 2 pit; […]
   5. 8

      Obsolete form of set (“group”)

      • The Father cannot stay any longer for the Portion, nor the Mother for a new Sett of Babies to play with […]
   6. 9

      To determine the ends per inch of the warp.

      • In my personal weaving and for these samples, I tend to sett Tencel a bit more tightly than the charts recommend. I prefer the hand of the fabric that results and don't find it to be stiff.
   7. 10

      Obsolete spelling of set (particularly as a simple past and past participle).

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