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Backset

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. 2
    Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.

    "Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow."

Verb
  1. 1
    To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. US, Western, especially

Etymology

Etymology 1

From back + set.

Etymology 2

From back + set.

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