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set back

1. a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels

2. a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness

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No references found			Of course, this only set back the day of reckoning and seduced us into spending more than we would have spent on a cash basis. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context The vicarage was set back from the highroad to Tercanbury, and from the dining-room one saw a semicircular strip of lawn and then as far as the horizon green fields. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context He was a rather hard lot, take him how you might; but then you couldn't fairly ex- pect a man to be sweet that had been set back so. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context			sessile drop method Sessilina Session Session Initiation Protocol session key session layer Sessions Sessions, Roger sessoblast Sesterce sestet Sestina Sesto San Giovanni Seston Sestos Sestra Sestri Ponente Sestriere Sestroretsk Sestroretsk Tool Plant Sesupe Set set abstraction set analyzer set associative cache set back set bit set casing set class set complement set composite set comprehension set condition set copper set description set forward set forward force set forward point Set Function set grease soap set hammer Set Maquette set mark set occurrence set of first category set of second category set off set piece set point set pressure Set Priority Level			set aside set aside set aside set aside set aside set aside Set Aside Grants Set Aside Grants Set Asides Set Asides set associative cache set astir set asunder Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Restricted Set Asynchronous Response Mode set at set at set at set at set at set at ease set at large set at liberty set at naught set at nought set at odds set at rest set at variance set back set back from Set Back Front Axle set back on their heels set back on their heels set back on their heels set before set before set beside SET Binding Factor 1 set bit set bounds set bounds to set by set by set by set by set cap at set cap at set cap at set cap at set cap at set cap for set cap for set cap for set cap for set cap for Set Carry Set Carry Flag set casing set chisel

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