back-setn.
/ˈbaksɛt/ 1. A setting back; a reverse, check, relapse. (Of Scottish origin.)
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack on flank or rear
flank1572
rear1670
back-set1722
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > a set-back
overthwart1513
setback1669
put-backa1697
counter-step1720
back-set1722
backcast1818
throwback1856
1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. 555 (Jam.) The people of God have got many backsets one after another.
1816 J. C. Calhoun Wks. II. 170 It would give a back set, and might..endanger their ultimate success.
1883 American 5 373 A backset which some good judges pronounced fatal.
2. An eddy or counter-current.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] > small
swirlc1425
eddya1525
gurglet1796
back-set1882
setback1912
1882 Harper's Mag. Sept. 612 The backset caused by the overflow.
1883 Fortn. Rev. July 119 The back-set of some deeper-flowing stream.
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