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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