Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Backbiting

Back″bit′ing (�), n. Secret slander; detraction.Backbiting, and bearing of false witness.Piers Plowman.

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Backboard

Back″board′ (�), n. [2d back, n. + board.]1. A board which supports the back when one is sitting;specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat.2. A board serving as t...

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Backbond

Back″bond′ (–bŏnd′), n. [Back, adv. + bond.] (Scots Law) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

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Backbone

Back″bone″ (–bōn′), n. [2d back, n. + bone.]1. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.2. Anyth...

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Backboned

Back″boned″ (�), a. Vertebrate.

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Backcast

Back″cast′ (–kȧst′), n. [Back, adv. + cast.] Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

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Backdoor

Back″door″, a. Acting from behind and in concealment; backstairs; as, backdoor intrigues.

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Backdown

Back″down′ (�), n. A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.

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Backed

Backed (băkt), a. Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.

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Backer

Back″er (băk″ẽr), n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

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Backfall

Back″fall′ (–fa̤l′), n. [2d back, n. + fall.] A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.

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Backfriend

Back″friend′ (�), n. [Back, n. or adv. + friend.] A secret enemy. South.

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Backgammon

Back″gam′mon (�), n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan. bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are o...

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Backgammon (2)

Back′gam″mon, v. t. In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first “table”.

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Background

Back″ground′ (�), n. [Back, a. + ground.]1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.2. (Paint.) The space which is...

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Backhand

Back″hand′ (�), n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

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Backhand (2)

Back″hand′, a. 1. Sloping from left to right; — said of handwriting.2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

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Backhanded

Back″hand′ed, a. 1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.3. Turned back, or inclining to ...

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Backhandedness

Back″hand′ed‐ness, n. State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

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Backhander

Back″hand′er (�), n. A backhanded blow.

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Backheel

Back″heel′ (?), n.(Wrestling) A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in...

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Backhouse

Back″house′ (�), n. [Back, a. + house.] A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.

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Backing

Back″ing, n. 1. The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.2. That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stabil...

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Backjoint

Back″joint′ (�), n. [Back, a. or adv. + joint.] (Arch.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

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Backlash

Back″lash′ (–lăsh′), n. [Back, adv. + lash.] (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the co...

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Backless

Back″less, a. Without a back.

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Backlog

Back″log′ (–lŏg′; 115), n. [Back, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in...