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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Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
Redfish :: Redfish (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
Crane :: Crane (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire..
Repulsory :: Repulsory (a.) Repulsive; driving back.
Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..
Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) A failure or backing ou.
Rescribe :: Rescribe (v. t.) To write back; to write in reply.
Postern :: Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate..
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant..
Saddled :: Saddled (a.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed..
Backsword :: Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick..
Polo :: Polo (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback..
Flunk :: Flunk (v. i.) To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear..
Bukshish :: Bukshish (n.) See Backsheesh.
Untread :: Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
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