Definition of back

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Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism..

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Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
Undraw :: Undraw (v. t.) To draw aside or open; to draw back.
Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..
Brownback :: Brownback (n.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
Swarth :: Swartback (n.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.
Debentured :: Debentured (a.) Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods..
Restoration :: Restoration (n.) The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war..
Reconcile :: Reconcile (v. t.) To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled..
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest..
Ana- :: Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew..
Revibrate :: Revibrate (v. i.) To vibrate back or in return.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet..
Antero- :: Antero- () A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side..
Cavalry :: Cavalry (n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
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