setter vs tributary

setter

noun
  • One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. 

  • A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. 

  • The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. 

  • A long-haired breed of gundog. 

  • One who hunts victims for sharpers. 

  • A typesetter. 

  • One who adapts words to music in composition. 

  • A shallow seggar for porcelain. 

  • A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets. 

verb
  • To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. 

tributary

noun
  • A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute. 

  • A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water. 

  • A vein which drains into a another vein. 

adj
  • Related to the paying of tribute. 

  • Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing. 

  • subordinate; inferior 

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