sett

noun

Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.

Also called stake. a hand-held tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.

Also, set. the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.

Origin:
1870–75; variant of set

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sett or set (sɛt)

—n
1.	Compare cobblestone a small rectangular paving block made of stone, such as granite, used to provide a durable road surface
2.	the burrow of a badger
3.	a. a square in a pattern of tartan
	b. the pattern itself

[C19: variant of set¹ (n)]

set or set

—n

[C19: variant of set¹ (n)]

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