Setter vs. Terrier

Setternoun

One who sets something, especially a typesetter.

Setternoun

A long-haired breed of gundog (Wikipedia).

Setternoun

(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

Setternoun

(object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

Setternoun

A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.

Setternoun

One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Setternoun

One who adapts words to music in composition.

Setternoun

A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Setterverb

To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

Setternoun

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.

Setternoun

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.

Setternoun

One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Setternoun

One who adapts words to music in composition.

Setternoun

An adornment; a decoration; - with off.

Setternoun

A shallow seggar for porcelain.

Setterverb

To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

Setternoun

one who sets written material into type

Setternoun

a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

Setter

The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. In the UK, the four setter breeds, together with the pointers, usually form a subgroup within the gundog group as they share a common function.

Terriernoun

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).

Terriernoun

A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.

Terriernoun

(legal) An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.

Terriernoun

An auger or borer.

Terriernoun

An auger or borer.

Terriernoun

One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

Terriernoun

Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.

Terriernoun

any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

Terrier

Terrier (from the French word terrier [tɛʁje], meaning ) is a type of dog originally bred to hunt vermin. A terrier is a dog of any one of many breeds or landraces of the terrier type, which are typically small, wiry, game, and fearless.