BPage 6
- English Word Back Definition In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
- English Word Back Definition To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
- English Word Back Definition To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
- English Word Back Definition To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
- English Word Back Definition To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
- English Word Back Definition To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
- English Word Back Definition To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
- English Word Back Definition To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
- English Word Back Definition To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
- English Word Back Definition To get upon the back of; to mount.
- English Word Back Definition To place or seat upon the back.
- English Word Back Definition Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
- English Word Back Definition Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
- English Word Back Definition Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
- English Word Back Definition A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
- English Word Back Definition The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- English Word Back Definition The keel and keelson of a ship.
- English Word Back Definition A support or resource in reserve.
- English Word Back Definition The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
- English Word Back Definition The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.
- English Word Back Definition The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
- English Word Back Definition The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
- English Word Back Definition An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
- English Word Back Definition In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.
- English Word Back Definition A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
- English Word Back Definition A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- English Word Back door Definition A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.
- English Word Back stairs Definition Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
- English Word Backarack Definition See Bacharach.
- English Word Backarack Definition A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.