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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..

Retina :: Retina (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye..

Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..

Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..

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..

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..

Molar :: Molar (n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth..

Lazyback :: Lazyback (n.) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage..

Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..

Retrospect :: Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Back :: Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..

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

Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface..

Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..

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