Definition of back

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Back (adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.

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Roach-backed :: Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
Hunchbacked :: Hunchbacked (a.) Having a humped back.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Backsword :: Backsword (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
Cape :: Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak..
Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..
Backarack :: Backarack (n.) See Bacharach.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick..
Splenization :: Splenius (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..
Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..
Noddle :: Noddle (n.) The back part of the head or neck.
Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
Backwoodsmen :: Backwoodsmen (pl. ) of Backwoodsma.
Backplate :: Backplate (n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back..
Parchesi :: Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India..
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..
Pygal :: Pygal (a.) Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians..
Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..
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