Definition of back

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

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Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree..
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..
Ceratobranchia :: Ceratobranchia (n. pl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.
Remurmur :: Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs..
Regurgitate :: Regurgitate (v. t.) To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity..
Nucha :: Nucha (n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
Oyster :: Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
Humpback :: Humpback (n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..
Backsliding :: Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Cavalcade :: Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade..
Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses..
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..
Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..
Behind :: Behind (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill..
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