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English
Etymology
From back + set.
Noun
backset (plural backsets)
- A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
- 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
backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)
- (US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
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