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BACK
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Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.
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Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.
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Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.
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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.
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Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
v. i.
To keep back; to hinder.
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Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
adv.
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
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Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
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Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
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Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
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The state of being backward.
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Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
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Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
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Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
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On the back, or with the back downward.
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Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.
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Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
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