English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Dictionary
Backlog
(n.)
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the
hearth.
Backpiece
(n.)
Alt. of Backplate
Backplate
(n.)
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or
which covers the back; armor for the back.
Backrack
(n.)
Alt. of Backrag
Backrag
(n.)
See Bacharach.
Backs
(n. pl.)
Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned
hides.
Backsaw
(n.)
A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an
added metallic back.
Backset
(n.)
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Backset
(n.)
Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
Backset
(v. i.)
To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land
broken up in the spring.
Backsettler
(n.)
One living in the back or outlying districts of a
community.
Backsheesh
(n.)
Alt. of Backshish
Backshish
(n.)
In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
Backside
(n.)
The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or
animal.
Backsight
(n.)
The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged
position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position;
a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf.
Foresight, n., 3.
Backslid
(imp.)
of Backslide
of Backslide
Backslidden
(p. p.)
of Backslide
Backslide
(v. i.)
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon
gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Backslider
(n.)
One who backslides.