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''Sett (disambiguation). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...Mining sett, a legal arrangement used to manage the exploitation of land for the extraction of tin.'' This meaning is not included in the Wiktionary definitions of 'sett'...probably should be.

Does anyone have any finer detail on the etymology? i.e. is the mining use of 'sett' a metaphor derived from the several entrances to a badger's den? More specifically, does the'family tree' of the word 'sett' (in its mining-related sense), sprout 'straight up' from the more general meaning(s) related to 'set' (i.e. "mines close to each other", or "mines with shared ownership") or is it, as it were, a side branch, detouring via 'sett' (in the badger-related sense..."something that looks like a badger's sett", which is presumably the badgers 'seat', in the sense of being its residence)? I am aware that all these words ultimately spring from the same root, I was just wandering, as I said, if anyone had some finer detail...