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setback

setback is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]
  2. 2.A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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