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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Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..
Recarriage :: Recarriage (n.) Act of carrying back.
Hunchbacked :: Hunchbacked (a.) Having a humped back.
Looking-glass :: Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver..
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..
Southwester :: Southwester (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather..
Echo :: Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
Optography :: Optography (n.) The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual..
Howdah :: Howdah (n.) A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Dowitcher :: Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback..
Chair :: Chair (n.) A movable single seat with a back.
Razorback :: Razorback (n.) The rorqual.
Gestation :: Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Back Stairs :: Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
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