Definition of back

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Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail..

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Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Back :: Back (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..
Notum :: Notum (n.) The back.
Placophora :: Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura..
Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral..
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree..
Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Remand :: Remand (v. t.) To recommit; to send back.
Repedation :: Repedation (n.) A stepping or going back.
Horse :: Horse (v. t.) To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer..
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.
Repulse :: Repulse (n.) The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Rechange :: Rechange (v. t. & i.) To change again, or change back..
Rescribe :: Rescribe (v. t.) To write back; to write in reply.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..
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..
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