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Backsaw :: Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..

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..

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

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..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..

Backstair :: Backstair (a.) Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

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

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

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

Warble :: Warble (n.) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles..

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..

Backsheesh :: Backsheesh (n.) Alt. of Backshis.

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Kaleege :: Kaleege (n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks..

Backslide :: Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

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

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

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..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

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