Definition of back

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Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney..

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Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall..
Tail :: Tail (n.) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part..
Small :: Small (n.) The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back..
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..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..
Footfight :: Footfight (n.) A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
Reflectent :: Reflectent (a.) Bending or flying back; reflected.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Surrebut :: Surrebound (v. i.) To give back echoes; to reecho.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power..
Retrospection :: Retrospection (n.) The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past..
Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass..
Debenture :: Debenture (n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.
Dorsibranchiate :: Dorsibranchiate (a.) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.
Dorsibranchiata :: dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.].
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
Remand :: Remand (v. t.) To recommit; to send back.
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