SETBACKS

Noun

setbacks

plural of setback

Anagrams

• backsets, sets back

Source: Wiktionary


SETBACK

Set"back`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Definition: Offset, n., 4.

2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]

3. A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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