Definition of back

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Back (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it..

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Background :: Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front..
Haddock :: Haddock (n.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods..
Backbond :: Backbond (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust..
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror..
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..
Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Predorsal :: Predorsal (a.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column..
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
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..
Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
Backstress :: Backstress (n.) A female baker.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant..
Backslidden :: Backslidden (p. p.) of Backslid.
Tittlebat :: Tittlebat (n.) The three-spined stickleback.
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