Definition of back

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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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Burnstickle :: Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Baccare :: Baccare (interj.) Alt. of Backar.
Repulser :: Repulser (n.) One who repulses, or drives back..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..
Back :: Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney..
Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Relation :: Relation (n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation..
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..
Back :: Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words..
Regrede :: Regrede (v. i.) To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper..
Kahau :: Kahau (n.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey..
Wanty :: Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope..
Half-bound :: Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book..
Rebound :: Rebound (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Backhandedness :: Backhandedness (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
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