The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Setting \Set"ting\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting
      of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting
      (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set)
      of a current.
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   2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
      also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle.
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   3. Something set in, or inserted.
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            Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex.
                                                  xxviii. 17.
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   4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold
      setting of a jeweled pin.
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   5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real
      or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.
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   Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of
      plastering on walls or ceilings.

   Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2.

   Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing
      boats along in shallow water.

   Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.
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