setter


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Synonyms for setter

one who sets written material into type

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

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We must go and plash up the mud a little, mus'n't we, Juno?" This was addressed to the brown setter, who had jumped up at the sound of the voices and laid her nose in an insinuating way on her master's leg.
But if you feed your young setter on raw flesh, how can you wonder at its retaining a relish for uncooked partridge in after-life?
In sixty dogs, forming six packs, divided as follows: the first, for the stag; the second, for the wolf; the third, for the wild boar; the fourth, for the hare; and the two others, for setters and protection.
The well-groomed chestnut horse and two beautiful setters could leave no doubt that the rider was Sir James Chettam.
My sporting dogs consist of two pointers, two harriers and two setters. But then all this extravagance is not for myself," added Athos, laughing.
"I credit all the coaches here for creating this culture," Setter said.
He took up Electrical Engineering and tried his luck with the Tiger Spikers as a setter but failed to crack the team that won the Season 55 title.
Angus Gordon Lennox, owner of Gordon Castle Estate, said: "The Gordon setter breed was developed in the late 18th Century by my ancestor, the 4th Duke of Gordon, on this estate.
Eventually this practice gave way to hunting birds with shotguns instead of nets, and the setting spaniel breed became the setter before splitting into three separate breeds--the Gordon, the English and the Irish.
Even without ace setter Kim Fajardo, powerhouse La Salle appears to be just that as the Lady Spikers gun for a "three-peat" in UAAP Season 80 women's volleyball starting today at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Faith Nisperos lived up to her billing, leading NSNU's offense with crisp attacks while ace setter Joyme Cagande kept the team's offense going all throughout as the Lady Bullpups completed their domination of the week-long event sponsored by Rebisco and organized by Metropolitan Sports and Events Group Inc.
ISLAMABAD -- Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Monday delisted the paper setter from the panel of paper setters of the university for inclusion of inappropriate question in Functional English paper of Secondary School Certificate Examination Spring 2016, after conducting inquiry.
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