Definition of back

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Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.

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Behind :: Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Redback :: Redback (n.) The dunlin.
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..
Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..
Dorsally :: Dorsally (adv.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad..
Rebound :: Rebound (v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.
Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..
Swarth :: Swartback (n.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Backstitch :: Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end..
Sea Turtle :: Sea turtle () Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas..
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Cavalry :: Cavalry (n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.
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.
Avoke :: Avoke (v. t.) To call from or back again.
Halfpace :: Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..
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