On these three objects his heart was set.
Macaulay.
Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
Tennyson.
(c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set
pear trees in an orchard.
(d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a
setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a
setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar
use.
Dryden.
(e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to
curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate;
to adapt. Specifically: --
(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set
(that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
Chaucer.
(b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails
of a ship.
(c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as,
to set a psalm. Fielding.
(d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to
set a broken bone.
(e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
(f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut
stone in a structure.