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View synonyms for backset
backset
[ bak-set ]
noun
- New England, Southern, and South Midland U.S.
- a setback; relapse; reverse.
- an eddy or countercurrent.
- (on a lock on a door or the like) the horizontal distance between the face through which the bolt passes and the center line of the knob stem or keyhole.
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Still well, but sit out in the cool air too long, and take a slight backset.
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So Thad determined that should they meet with another backset, he was bound to put the matter before his chums in its true light.
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If you find anything that will enable me to give that gentleman a financial backset Ill see that you get a handsome reward.
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The water is backset by a mill-dam for two miles, forming a small lake.
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Its backset, however, is caught in the yawning mouth of the race.
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