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Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports..

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Backfriend :: Backfriend (n.) A secret enemy.

Result :: Result (n.) A flying back; resilience.

Backslid :: Backslid () of Backslid.

Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer..

Redound :: Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital..

Report :: Report (v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress..

Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..

Lazyback :: Lazyback (n.) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage..

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entranc.

Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound..

Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..

Backster :: Backster (n.) A backer.

Backward :: Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backward.

Regrant :: Regrant (n.) The act of granting back to a former proprietor.

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