setting-out
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Miss Twitchel and Miss Jones were talking about it; and they all say that there would be the best setting-out got for her that was ever seen in Newport, if it should happen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
The news of his Sister's setting-out relieved him of a great and continual anxiety.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.
From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules
The first preparation for our setting-out was, that the captain's half-pike was placed near the coachman, and a drum behind the coach.
From Days with Sir Roger De Coverley by Steele, Richard, Sir
He enter’d into the Service very young, and distinguished himself at his first setting-out, so that he really owes his Advancement more to his Services and Merit, than to Fortune.
