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Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling..

Backstitch :: Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end..

Backstaff :: Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed..

Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..

Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..

Backsliding :: Backsliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Backslid.

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..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

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..

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

Finback :: Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus..

Behind :: Behind (n.) The backside; the rump.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

Recidivate :: Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.

Backset :: Backset (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water..

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