INSETTING

INSET

inset

(verb) set or place in

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

insetting

present participle of inset

Anagrams

• setting in

Source: Wiktionary


INSET

In*set", v. t.

Definition: To infix. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In"set, n.

1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

2. (Bookbinding)

Definition: One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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