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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#NAME? :: -wards (v. i.) Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Eversion :: Eversion (n.) The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium..
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (a.) Driven back, as sound; reflected..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Back :: Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital..
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The body louse.
Regress :: Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Fern :: Fern (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size..
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat..
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Remigration :: Remigration (n.) Migration back to the place from which one came.
Oyster :: Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
Macartney :: Macartney (n.) A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Equitation :: Equitation (n.) A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship..
Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
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