n.
The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
v. i.
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
v. i.
To censure or revile the absent.
n.
One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
n.
Secret slander; detraction.
n.
A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
n.
A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
n.
A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
n.
A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
n.
A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
n.
An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.
n.
The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
n.
Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.
n.
Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
n.
Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.
A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.
a.
Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues.
n.
A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
a.
Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.