Definition of back

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Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back..

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Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
Opisthodome :: Opisthodome (n.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury..
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Untread :: Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.
Whettlebones :: Whettlebones (n. pl.) The vertebrae of the back.
Back :: Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
Silverback :: Silverback (n.) The knot.
Reconvey :: Reconvey (v. t.) To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving..
Rosella :: Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow..
Back :: Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail..
Retrocede :: Retrocede (v. t.) To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor..
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..
Chapel :: Chapel (v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing..
Looking-glass :: Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver..
Refluctuation :: Refluctuation (n.) A flowing back; refluence.
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
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