Thesaurus: backset

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1. n. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
2. n. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
3. v. i. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
4. 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. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]
5. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken upin the spring. [Western U.S.]
6. n. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. n. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. v. i. To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.