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Backset
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What's The Definition Of Backset?Synonyms | Synonyms for Backset: Related Terms | Find terms related to Backset: See Also | Backset In Webster's Dictionary \Back"set`\, n. [Back, adv. + set.]
1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.
--Harper's
Mag.
\Back"set`\, v. i. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.] |
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