English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Backward
(a.)
Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension;
dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Backward
(a.)
Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
Backward
(adv.)
Alt. of Backwards
Backwardation
(n.)
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.
Backwardly
(adv.)
Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Backwardly
(adv.)
Perversely; ill.
Backwardness
(n.)
The state of being backward.
Backwards
(adv.)
From a better to a worse state, as from honor to
shame, from religion to sin.
Backwards
(adv.)
By way of reflection; reflexively.
Backwards
(adv.)
Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
Backwards
(adv.)
On the back, or with the back downward.
Backwards
(adv.)
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the
arms backward.
Backwards
(adv.)
With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride
backward.
Backwards
(adv.)
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction;
contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Backwash
(v. i.)
To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Backwater
(n.)
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.
Backwater
(n.)
Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
Backwater
(n.)
An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands,
caused by an obstruction.
Backwoods
(n. pl.)
The forests or partly cleared grounds on the
frontiers.
Backwoodsman
(n.)
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.