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settergrass
ˈsettergrass Obs. exc. dial. rare. In 4 saturgresse, 5 setyr grysse. [f. *setter- in setterwort + grass.] = setterwort.a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 18 Elleborus, i. saturgresse. 1483 Cath. Angl. 331/2 Setyr grysse, eleborus niger, herba est. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. ccclxi. 827 Consiligo is ...
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setterwort
setterwort (ˈsɛtəwɜːt) Also 6 syter wurt. [Perh. adopted from MLG.; Diefenbach s.v. Elleborum gives a great variety of synonymous forms in MHG. and MLG. such as sitro, sutir-, sittir-, sitti-, siter-, sutten-, -sutwurz, -wort (f. HG. wurz, LG. wort wort1). The first element is of unknown origin; cf....
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setter
▪ I. setter, n.1 (ˈsɛtə(r)) Also 5–6 Sc. settar, 6 Sc. -are, 7 seter. [f. set v.1 + -er1. Cf. Du. zetter, OHG. sezzari (Ger. setzer), Sw. sättare, Dan. sætter.] I. One who or something which sets, in various senses of the vb. 1. a. gen. One who sets something specified or contextually implied. Often...
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