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Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure..

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Swarth :: Swartback (n.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.

Occiput :: Occiput (n.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.

Revolt :: Revolt (v. t.) To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

Ottoman :: Ottoman (n.) A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey..

Oquassa :: Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout..

Reverberate :: Reverberate (a.) Driven back, as sound; reflected..

Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

Dorsum :: Dorsum (n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue..

Return :: Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..

Saddle-backed :: Saddle-backed (a.) Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.

Cymbal :: Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..

Infinito :: Infinito (a.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..

Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Sisyphus :: Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant..

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