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Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..

Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance..

Backslider :: Backslider (n.) One who backslides.

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.

Laggard :: Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..

Cape :: Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Untread :: Untread (v. t.) To tread back; to retrace.

Tergal :: Tergal (a.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..

Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..

Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..

Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts..

Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.

Back :: Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage..

Pygropodes :: Pygropodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back..

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