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Definition: Backset
Backset
\Back"set`\ (b[a^]k"s[e^]t`), n. [Back, adv. + set.]
1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
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2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
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Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.
--Harper's
Mag.
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Backset
\Back"set`\, v. t.
To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up
in the spring. [Western U.S.]
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