||Ses*tet"to (?), n.[It.] (Mus.) A sestet.
Ses"tine (?), n. See Sextain.
Ses"tu*or (?), n. [F.] A sestet.
Set (st), 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. sätta, Dan. s&?;tte, Goth. satjan;
causative from the root of E. sit. √154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]
1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude;
to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house
on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a
table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.