Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
      also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle.

   3. Something set in, or inserted.

            Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex.
                                                  xxviii. 17.

   4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold
      setting of a jeweled pin.

   {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.