Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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       Back¶less, a. Without a back.

       Back¶log·(?), n. [ÿBack, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.]

       There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes.

       S.G. Goodrich.

       Back¶piece· (?), Back¶plate· (?),} n. [ÿBack, n. or a. + ÿpiece, plate.ÿ] A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

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      Back¶rack (?), Back¶rag (?),} n. See Bacharach.

       Backs (?), n. pl. Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

       Back¶saw· (?), n. [2d back,n.+ saw.] A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

       Back¶set· (?), n. [ÿBack, adv. + ÿset.] 1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

       2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.

       Slackwater, or the ÿbackset caused by the overflow.

       Harper's Mag.

       Back¶set·, v.i. To plow again, in the fall; - said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]

       Back¶set¶tler (?), n. [Back, a. + settler.] One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

       The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster.

       Macaulay.

       ØBack¶sheesh·, ØBack¶shish·} (?), n. [Pers.ÿbakhshÆsh, fr. ÿbakhshÆdan to give.] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a ½tip¸.

       Back¶side· (?), n. [ÿBack, a. + side.ÿ] The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

       µBackside (one word) was formerly used of the

       rear part or side of any thing or place, but in such senses is now two words.

       Back¶sight· (?), n. [Back, adv. + sight.ÿ] (Surv.) 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,ÿn., 3.

       Back·slide¶ (?), v.i. [ imp. Backslidÿ(?); p.p. Backslidden (?), Backslid; p.pr.&vb.n. ÿBacksliding.ÿ] [Backÿ, adv.+ slide.] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

       Back¶slid¶er (?), n. One who backslides.

       Back¶slid¶ing, a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

       Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord.

       Jer. iii. 14.

       Back¶slid¶ing, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

       Our backslidings are many.

       Jer. xiv.7.

       Back¶staff· (?), n. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; - so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

       Back¶ stairs·. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

       Back¶stairs·, Back¶stair·, a. Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs.

       A backstairs influence.

       Burke.

       Female caprice and ÿbackstairs influence.

       Trevelyan.

       Back¶stay· (?), n. [ÿBack, a. or n. + stay.] 1.(Naut.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. [ Often used in the plural.]

       2. A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

       Back¶ster (?), n. [See Baxter.] A backer. [Obs.]

       Back¶stitch· (?), n. [ÿBack, adv. + ÿstitch.] A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

       Back¶stitch·, v.i. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

       Back¶stress (?), n. A female baker. [Obs.]

       Back¶sword· (?), n. [2d back, n. + sword.] 1. A sword with one sharp edge.

       2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called ÿsinglestick.

       Halliwell.

       Back¶ward (?), Back¶wards (?),} adv. [ÿBack, ÿadv. + Ïward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

       2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms ÿbackward.

       3. On the back, or with the back downward.

       Thou wilt fall ÿbackward.ÿ

       Shak.

       4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

       Some reigns ÿbackward. ÿ

       Locke.

       5. By way of reflection; reflexively.

       Sir J.Davies.

       6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

       The work went ÿbackward.ÿ

       Dryden.

       7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read ÿbackwards.

       We might have … beat them ÿbackward home.

       Shak.

       Back¶ward, a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

       2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

       For wiser brutes were ÿbackwardÿ to be slaves.

       Pope.

       3. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a ÿbackward ÿchild. ½The backward learner.¸

       South.

       4. Late or behindhand; as, a ÿbackward season.

       5. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward ÿstate.

       6. Already past or gone; bygone. [R.]

       And flies unconscious o'er each ÿbackwardÿ year.

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