What does set the land mean?

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set the land

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

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To observe by the compass how the shore bears from the ship.

sets the land (present, singular) setting the land (participle, present)

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What does set the land mean?: To observe by the compass how the shore bears from the ship.

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