Definition of back

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Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse..

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Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..
Eddy :: Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound..
Cape :: Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak..
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.
Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. t.) To cause to flow back.
Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Flunk :: Flunk (v. i.) To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear..
Round :: Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb..
Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..
Backplate :: Backplate (n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back..
Saddleback :: Saddleback (a.) Same as Saddle-backed.
Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To change back. See Revert, v. i..
Backstress :: Backstress (n.) A female baker.
Blow :: Blow (n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port..
Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
Contorted :: Contorted (a.) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants..
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