BACKSET
Etymology
Noun
backset (plural backsets)
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
• Harper's Magazine
Verb
backset (third-person singular simple present backsets, present participle backsetting, simple past and past participle backset)
(US, Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
Anagrams
• backest, backets, set back, setback
Source: Wiktionary
Back"set`, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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