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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backset \Back"set`\ (b[a^]k"s[e^]t`), n. [Back, adv. + set.]
     1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
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     2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
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              Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.
                                                    --Harper's
                                                    Mag.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backset \Back"set`\, v. t.
     To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up
     in the spring. [Western U.S.]
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