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Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..

Huckaback :: Huckaback (n.) A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings..

Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

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

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..

Calash :: Calash (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

Lash :: Lash (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back..

Reecho :: Reecho (v. i.) To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant..

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..

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..

Spinebill :: Spineback (n.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins..

Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) To carry or send back.

Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..

Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..

Ayenward :: Ayenward (adv.) Backward.

Repaganize :: Repaganize (v. t.) To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

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