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Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..

Regress :: Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The progress or regress of man..

Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

Pullback :: Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance..

Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Chine :: Chine (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.].

Cruise :: Cruise (v. i.) To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure..

Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.

Dowitcher :: Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Flusher :: Flusher (n.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.

Dromedary :: Dromedary (n.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps..

Rocking :: Rocking (a.) Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking..

Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse..

Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.

Wanty :: Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope..

Gallopade :: Gallopade (v. i.) To gallop, as on horseback..

Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.

Second :: Second (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.

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