backset

Definitions

1. 1.Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. Harper's Mag.
2. 2.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is whatever is thrown back in its course, as water. Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow. Harper's Mag called?
• What is to plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.] called?