Definition of back

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Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

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Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass..
Regive :: Regive (v. t.) To give again; to give back.
Repaganize :: Repaganize (v. t.) To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Backwoods :: Backwoods (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels..
Back :: Back (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.
Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Release :: Release (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To change back. See Revert, v. i..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..
Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..
Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..
Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.
Sorus :: Sorus (n.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns..
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
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