set-in
[ set-in ]
/ ˈsɛtˌɪn /
adjective
made separately and placed within another unit.
Words nearby set-in
set up shop, set upon, set width, set-aside, set-back, set-in, set-in sleeve, set-jetting, set-off, set-to, set-top box
Origin of set-in
First recorded in 1525–35; adj. use of verb phrase set in
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Examples from the Web for set-in
Those wide seams in the whitewashed ceiling must mean the cracks due to a set-in door.
The Girl in the Mirror|Elizabeth Garver JordanIn general the strongest flood does not set-in till Midsummer.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn"It's a set-in rain, and we're goin' to have a hard time," Hubert complained.
Captain Ted|Louis PendletonFine weather may, perhaps, have set-in in the interval in all parts of the mountains.
Western Himalaya and Tibet|Thomas Thomson