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单词 backset
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backsetv.

Etymology: < back-set n. + set v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌbackˈset.
1. To set upon in the rear. Obsolete.
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1574 A. Anderson Expos. Hymn Benedictus f. 71 v The Israelits to be driuen to the brinke of the seas backset with Pharaos whole power.
2. (in U.S.) To re-plough in the autumn prairie-land ploughed for the first time in the spring.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > plough again
twifallow1428
replough1683
re-fallow1775
backset1883
1883 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star Sept. Contracts for large or small areas of backsetting or stubble plowing.
1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 10 Oct. Farmers were engaged in plowing and backsetting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

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