Helen Fenton

Backsword: Definition and part of speech

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Backsword

  1. n. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.
  2. n. A sword with one sharp edge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backward: Definition and part of speech

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Backward

  1. adv. Alt. of Backwards
  2. a. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
  3. a. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
  4. a. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
  5. a. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
  6. a. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
  7. a. Already past or gone; bygone.
  8. n. The state behind or past.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backwards: Definition and part of speech

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Backwards

  1. adv. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
  2. adv. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
  3. adv. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
  4. adv. On the back, or with the back downward.
  5. adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
  6. adv. By way of reflection; reflexively.
  7. adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backwardation: Definition and part of speech

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Backwardation

  1. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backwater: Definition and part of speech

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Backwater

  1. n. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
  2. 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.
  3. n. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.