set sb. (3 always in fig. context; 4 cf. mod. midl. dial.=‘bedding-out plant’)
2.
“a double set,” two
rounds (of the clock) Oth. II. iii.
136.
3.
definite number of
games (of tennis, cards)
LLL. V. ii. 29
“a set of wit well
play'd,”
John V. ii. 107, H5 I. ii. 262,
Tit. V. i. 100
“As sure a card as ever
won the set.”
4.
sucker, shoot
Oth. I. iii. 337
“a set† or
scion”
(see SECT).
