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Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
Alt. of Backwards
The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.
Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Perversely; ill.
The state of being backward.
From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
On the back, or with the back downward.
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.
Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.