setting-out
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Therefore it is best to adhere to the dear old rules for the dear old game, and only thank Fate with special reverence when sea-breezes or country zephyrs float around one's own personal setting-out.
From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne
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
I should like to emphasise the importance of the setting-out work necessary for brush-drawing.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold
In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.
From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules
Of course the setting-out of the city is half the game.
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
