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Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk..

Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago..

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..

Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..

Contango :: Contango (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Reciprocate :: Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Laggard :: Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

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