Definition of back

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Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back..

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Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..
Occiput :: Occiput (n.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone..
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Splenization :: Splenius (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Epiphylospermous :: Epiphylospermous (a.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns..
Interscapular :: Interscapular (a.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers..
Arrear :: Arrear (adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument..
Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback..
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..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..
Back :: Back (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing..
Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback..
Garfish :: Garfish (n.) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike..
Beam :: Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam..
Pichiciago :: Pichiciago (n.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back..
Card :: Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back..
Oquassa :: Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..
Cavalcade :: Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade..
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