backset

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English

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Etymology

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From back +‎ set.

Noun

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backset (plural backsets)

  1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
  2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Harper's Magazine:
      Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.

Verb

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backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)

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

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