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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Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
Backside :: Backside (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal..
Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback..
Back :: Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
Ritenuto :: Ritenuto (a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..
Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..
Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..
Clawback :: Clawback (a.) Flattering; sycophantic.
Recede :: Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Winnebagoes :: Winnebagoes (n.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held..
Scrode :: Scrode (n.) A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed..
Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
Backing :: Backing (n.) Support or aid given to a person or cause.
Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback..
Resail :: Resail (v. t. & i.) To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port..
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