Definition of back

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Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage..

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Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.
Return :: Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
Saddleback :: Saddleback (n.) The harp seal.
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.
Backwash :: Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power..
Retrocede :: Retrocede (v. i.) To go back.
Recall :: Recall (n.) A calling back; a revocation.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..
Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Rescribe :: Rescribe (v. t.) To write back; to write in reply.
Resound :: Resound (v. i.) To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound..
Recede :: Recede (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work..
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