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BACK'WORM, n.[back and worm.] A small worm, in a thin skin, in the reins of a ha...
BACK'WARDS, adv.[back and ward. See Ward .] With the back in advance; as, to mov...
BACK'WARDNESS, n. Unwillingness; reluctance, dilatoriness, or dullness in action...
BACK'WARD BACK'WARDLY, adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly; adversely; perversely.
BACK'SWORD,n. [back and sword.] A sword with one sharp edge. In England, a stick...
BACK'STAYS, n. [back and stay.] Long ropes or stays extending from the top-mast ...
BACK'STAIRS, n.[back and stairs.] Stairs in the back part of a house; private st...
BACK'STAFF, n. [back and staff, so called from its being used with the observer'...
BACKSLI'DING, n. The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insen...
BACKSLI'DER, n. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religi...
BACKSLI'DE, v.i. [back and slide.] To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually...
BACK'SIDE, n. [back and side.] The back part of anything; the part behind that w...
BACK'SET, a.[back and set.] Set upon in the rear.
BACKS, n. Among dealers in leather, the thickest and best tanned hides.
BACK'ROOM, n.[back and room.] A room behind the front room, or in the back part ...
BACK'RETURN, n. Repeated return.