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Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

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

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..

Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward..

Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

Fro :: Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To..

Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

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

Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.

Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..

Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

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