Definition of back

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Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

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Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.
Backwoodsman :: Backwoodsman (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Half-bound :: Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard..
Bustle :: Bustle (n.) A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure..
Surrebut :: Surrebound (v. i.) To give back echoes; to reecho.
Bacharach :: Bacharach (n.) Alt. of Backarac.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..
Regive :: Regive (v. t.) To give again; to give back.
Retard :: Retard (v. i.) To stay back.
Reecho :: Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon..
Spineback :: Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..
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