English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Dictionary
Background
(n.)
The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait
or group of figures.
Background
(n.)
Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had
a background of red hangings.
Background
(n.)
A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
Backhand
(n.)
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
letters is from left to right.
Backhand
(a.)
Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
Backhand
(a.)
Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
Backhanded
(a.)
With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
Backhanded
(a.)
Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a
backhanded compliment.
Backhanded
(a.)
Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded
letters.
Backhandedness
(n.)
State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded
or indirect methods.
Backhander
(n.)
A backhanded blow.
Backhouse
(n.)
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A
privy; a necessary.
Backing
(n.)
That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything,
usually giving strength or stability.
Backing
(n.)
The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving
anything backward.
Backing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Back
Backing
(n.)
The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc.,
before putting on the cover.
Backing
(n.)
Support or aid given to a person or cause.
Backjoint
(n.)
A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent
slab or other filling.
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.
Backless
(a.)
Without a back.