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Show BA BA #. The outer part of the hand when i To Back. w. 2. [from the noun back. 1. T'o mount on the back of a horfe 1s fhut ; oppofed to the paln Methought love pitying me when he faw this ‘Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kifs Donne 3. The outward part of the body ; tha which requires clothes: oppofed to th belly Thofe who, by their anceftors, have been fet fre from a conftant drudgery to their backs and thei bellies, fhould beftow fome time on their heads Laocke 4. The rear: oppofed to the war He might conclude, that Walter would be upo the king's back, as his majefty was upon his. Clarend 5. The place behind As the voice goeth round as well towards th back as towards the front of him that fpeaketh, f does the echo: for you have many back echoes t the place where you ftand Bacon Antheus, Sergeftus grave, Cleanthus ftrong And at their backs a mighty Trojan throng. Dryd 6. The part of any thing out of fight Trees fet upon the backs of chimnies do ripe fruit fooner Bacon's Natural Hiftory 7. The thick part of any tool oppofed t th edge ; a the dac of a knif o fword : whence bactfavord, or fword wit a back ; as Bull dreaded not old Lewis either at backfaword fingle faulchion, or cudgel-play Arbuthnot 8. T tur the bgc on one him, or negleét him t forfak At the hour of death, all friendthips of the worl bid him adieu, and the whole creatio back upon him turns it South 9. To turn the ack; to go away; to b not within the reach of taking cognizance His back was no fooner turned, but they returne to their former rebellion Sir #. Dawies Back. adv. [from the noun. 1. To the place from which one came Back you fhall not to'the houfe, unlef You undertake.that with me Shakefpears He fent many to feek the thip Argo, threatenin that if they brought not back Medea, they fhoul fufter in her ftead Raleigh's Hiftory of the World Where they are, and why they came not back Is now the labour of my thoughts Milton Back to thy native ifland might'ft thou fail And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope 2. Backward ; as retreating from the prefent ftation ~ T've been furpris'd in an unguarded hour But muft not now go back; the love, that la Half fimother'd in my breaft, has broke through al Its weak reftraints 3. Behind; not coming forward Addifon I thought to promote thee unto great honour but lo the Lord hath kept thee back from honour Numb. Xxive 11 Conftrain the glebe, keep dack the hurtful weed Blackmore 4. Towards things paft I had always a cutiofity to look back unto th fources of things, and to view in my mind the beginning and progrefs of a rifing world. © Burnet §. Again; in return She could not fway her houfe, comman her fol lowers Take and give back affairs, and their difpatch With fuch a fmooth, difcreet, and ftable bearing Shakefpeare 6. Again a fecond time This Cefar found, and that ungrateful age With lofing him,wentback to blood and rage. #Waller The epiftles being written from ladies forfake by their lovers, many thoughts came back upon u in divers letters Voui i Dryden Sharp-headed, barrel-bellied, broadly back'd. Dryd That roap fhall be my throne Well, I will back him ftrait. O Efperance Bid Butler lead him forth into the park. Shakefp 2. 'T'o break a horfe ; to train him to bea upon his back Diret us how to Jack the winged horfe Favour his flight, and moderate his courfe As T flept, methough Great Jupiter, upon his eagle back d Appear'd to me Shake[peare 4. Tomaintain; to frengthen; to fupport to defend that falfe peer T afpire unto the crown Shake[peare You are ftrait enough in the fhoulders, you car not who fees your back: call you that backing o your friends? a plague upon fuch lacking ! giv me them that will face me Shakefpeare Thefe were feconded by certain demilaunces, an both backed with men at arms Sir F. Hayward Did they not fwear, in exprefs words To prop and dack the houfe o And after turn'd out the whol A great malice, backed wit have no advantage of a man lords houfeful. Hudibras a great intereft, ca but from his ex pectations of fomething without himfelf. South How fhall we treat this bold afpiring man hav five elements endeavour to back their experiments with a fpecious reafon Boyle We have I know not how many adages to bac the reafon of this moral L'Efirange 6. To {econd Faflious, and fav'ring this or t'other fide Their wagers back their withes Diyden ToBAckBITE. v, a. [from back and bize. To cenfure or reproach the abfent Mof tongue untruly ‘an backbite an malicioufl flande th d thef facre evi athes o that perfonage Spenfer I will ufe him well; a friend 1" th' court is bette than a penny in purfe Ufe his men well, Davy for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite Shakefpeare Ba'ckBiTER. 7. /i [from backbite. privy calumniator; a cenfurer of th abfent No body is bound to look upon his backbiter, o his underminer, his betrayer, or his opprefor, a his friend South Ba'ckBONE. 7. /. [from back and bore. The bone of the back The backbone thould be divided into many vertebres for commodious bending, and not to be on Ray entire rigid bone Ba"ckcarry Having on the back Manwood, in his foreft laws, noteth it for on of the four circumftances, or cafes, wherein forefter may arreft an offender againft vert or venifon in the foreft, wiz. ftable-ftand, dog-draw, back Ba'ckpoor Cozvell #. f [from dack and door. The door behind the houfe ; privy paf fage The proceflion durft not return by the way i came ; but, after the devotion of the monks, pafle Addifon out at a backdoor of the convent Popery, which is fo far fhut out as not to reenter openly, is ftealing in by the backdoor of atheAtterbury ifm Ba'ckep. adj back South Backea'™mmon. = f. [from bach gammon, Welth, a little battle.] A play o gam at tables In what eftee with box and dice are you wit the vicar of th parith ? can you play with him at backgammen Ba'ckHOUSE. 7./. [from back and houje. The buildings behind the chief part o the houfe Their backboufes, of more neceffary than cleanl feyvice, as kitchens, ftables, are climbed upunt by fteps Carew Ba'ckpiecE. n /o [from back and piece. The piece of armour which covers th back The morning that he was to join battle, hi armourer put on his backpicce before, and his breaftCaniden. plate behind #. f. [from back and room. Ba'ckroom behind ; not in the front roo If you have a fair profpect backwards of gardens, it may be convenient to make backroom The patrons of the ternary number of princiwoul L' Eftrarge o malicioufly infinuate flddl'fofl 5. To juftify; to fupport tha Far is our church from incroaching upon the civi power; as fome, who are backfriends to both, woul Succefs ftill follows him, and backs his erimes thof Savift Belike he means Back'd by the pow'r of Warwick an Set the reftlefs importunities of talebearers an Rofcommon 3. To place upon the back ples Ba"ck¥RIEND. #. [ [from &ack an Sfriend.] A friend backwards; that is an enemy in fecret backfriends againft fair words and profeffions carry, and bloody hand The lady's mad ; yet if *twere fo Lofty-neck'd [from back. Having th Moxo Mech. Exercifc larger Ba'cksipe n /. [from back and fide. 1. The hinder part of any thing If the quickfilver were rubbed from the backfid of the fpeculum, the glafs would caufe the fam rings of colours, but more faint; the phznomens depend not upon the quickfilver, unlefs fo far as i encreafes the refle€tion of the backfide of the glafs Newtott 2. The hind part of an animal A poor ant carries a grain of corn, climbing u a wall with her head downwards and her backfid upwards Addifon 3. The yard or ground behind a houfe ‘The wath of paftures fields, c_mmons roads ftreets, or backfides, are of great advantage to al forts of land Mortimer 7o RacksLi'e, @ n [from dack an fMlide.] To fall off; to apoftatize: word only ufed by divines Haft tho hath done feen that which backfliding Ifrae She is gone up upon every hig mountain, and under every green tree BacksLi'DER apoftate Feremiab . /. [from backflide. A The backflider in heart fhall be filleds Prowerbs Ba"ckSTAFF becaufe in takin obferver' fun. n. /. [from back and faff bac an obfervation th is turned toward th An inftrument ufeful in takin the fun's altitud at fea invente b Captain Davies Ba'cksrTarrs. 7 /. [from back and fairs. The private ftairs in the houfe I condem the practice which hath lately erep into the court at the backfairs fo fheriffs get ou that fome pricke of the bil Bacou Ba'cksTAaYS. 7. /. [from back and fay. Ropes or ftays which keep the mafts of thip from pitching forward or overboard Ba"ckswoRrD. 7. /. [from back and faverd.] A {word with one fharp edge Bull dreaded not old Lewis at backfzvord Arbuthast Ba'ck |