2. (Zo["o]l.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally
derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer.
Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the
position of game birds by standing in a fixed position,
but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
Note: There are several distinct varieties of setters; as,
the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is
usually red or tan varied with black; and the English
setter, which is variously colored, but usually white
and tawny red, with or without black.
3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. --Shak.
4. One who adapts words to music in composition.
5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.]
They come as . . . setters off of thy graces.
--Whitlock.
6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. --Ure.