n.
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
n.
A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
n.
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a \"board\" marked off into twenty-four spaces called \"points\". Each player has fifteen pieces, or \"men\", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
v. i.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first \"table\".
n.
Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
n.
The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
n.
Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
n.
A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
n.
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
a.
Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
a.
Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
a.
With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
a.
Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
a.
Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
n.
State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
n.
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
n.
The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
n.
That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.