Definition of rear

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Rear (a.) Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company..

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Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To let down the cock of, as a firearm..
Rearer :: Rearer (n.) One who, or that which, rears..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Behind; in the rear.
Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..
Arquebuse :: Arquebuse (n.) A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention..
Occasion :: Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms..
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
Hand :: Hand (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus..
Before :: Before (adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..
Rearward :: Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Rereward :: Rereward (n.) The rear guard of an army.
Vinery :: Vinery (n.) A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery..
Hind :: Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession..
Rampant :: Rampant (v.) Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..
Front :: Front (n.) The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army..
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