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backset

 
Dictionary: back·set   (băk'sĕt') pronunciation
n.
  1. A setback or reversal.
  2. An eddy or countercurrent in water.

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noun

    A change from better to worse: reversal, reverse, setback. See better/worse.

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1. The horizontal distance from the face of a lock or latch to the center of the keyhole, knob, or lock cylinder.
2. Same as setback.


 
 
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Bored cylindrical lock

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