Definition of back

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

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Ham :: Ham (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used..
Hump :: Hump (n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale..
Repass :: Repass (v. i.) To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes..
Silhouette :: Silhouette (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette..
Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
Revocate :: Revocate (v. t.) To recall; to call back.
Second :: Second (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
Bareback :: Bareback (adv.) On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback..
Unpay :: Unpay (v. t.) To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment..
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
Greenback :: Greenback (n.) One of the legal tender notes of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits..
George :: George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter..
Drawback :: Drawback (n.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied..
Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Dorn :: Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.
Resend :: Resend (v. t.) To send back; as, to resend a gift..
Water Back :: Water back () See under 1st Back.
Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..
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