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BACKSETTING
Verb
backsetting
present participle of backset
Anagrams
• backtesting, setting back
Source: Wiktionary
BACKSET
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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