Helen Fenton

Backgammon: Definition and part of speech

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Backgammon

  1. v. i. In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first “table”.
  2. 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.

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.

Background: Definition and part of speech

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Background

  1. n. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
  2. n. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
  3. n. The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
  4. n. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

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.

Backhand: Definition and part of speech

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Backhand

  1. a. Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
  2. n. A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
  3. a. Sloping from left to right; — said of handwriting.

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.

Backhanded: Definition and part of speech

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Backhanded

  1. a. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
  2. a. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
  3. a. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.

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.