Helen Fenton

Backslide: Definition and part of speech

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Backslide

  1. v. i. To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

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.

Backstaff: Definition and part of speech

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Backstaff

  1. n. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; — so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.

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.

Backboard: Definition and part of speech

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Backboard

  1. n. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
  2. n. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
  3. n. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
  4. n. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
  5. 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.

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.

Backbond: Definition and part of speech

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Backbond

  1. n. An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

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.

Backbone: Definition and part of speech

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Backbone

  1. n. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
  2. n. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
  3. n. Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.

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.

Backcast: Definition and part of speech

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Backcast

  1. n. Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

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.