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Pronunciation : Back"set`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Back, adv. + set.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Back"set`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913