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Definition of Setnesses
1. setness [n] - See also: setness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Setnesses
Literary usage of Setnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of English Speech: A Sketch of the Orign and Development of the by Charles Noble (1914)
"H. i-setnesses, regulations. H. i-so, see. O. & N. i-stonden, stood. LB i-sunde,
healthy, well. ..."
2. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1904)
"They who had shrugged their shoulders at the little peculiarities and setnesses—
so unlike the careless freedom of Southern manners—acknowledged that now ..."
3. The Only English Proclamation of Henry III., 18 October 1258,: And Its by Alexander John Ellis (1868)
"The French version, not quite correctly printed,i and i0 " setnesses, things set
at the Sitting, what was determined at the Sitting or Sessions, ..."
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