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Revibrate :: Revibrate (v. i.) To vibrate back or in return.

Backjoint :: Backjoint (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Gibbartas :: Gibbartas (n.) One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale.

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..

Warble :: Warble (n.) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling..

Back :: Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital..

Polypteroidei :: Polypteroidei (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian..

Epiphylospermous :: Epiphylospermous (a.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns..

Retrovert :: Retrovert (v. t.) To turn back.

Regress :: Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

Hogback :: Hogback (n.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber..

Cullet :: Cullet (n.) A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b)..

Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.

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.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

Chasuble :: Chasuble (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle..

Back :: Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.

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