Definition of back

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Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw..

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Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.
Render :: Render (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.
Back :: Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc..
Clawback :: Clawback (v. t.) To flatter.
Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.
Backed :: Backed (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed..
Untread :: Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Pompadour :: Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively..
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..
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..
Mossback :: Mossback (n.) A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address..
Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
Tittlebat :: Tittlebat (n.) The three-spined stickleback.
Backing :: Backing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bac.
Funking :: Funking (n.) A shrinking back through fear.
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