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Webster 1913 Edition

Setback

Set′backˊ

(sĕt′băkˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
Offset,
Noun.
, 4.
2.
A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
[U. S.]
3.
A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
[Colloq. U.S.]

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