[Colloq.]
Backarack
(Back"a*rack) n. See Bacharach.
Backare
(Bac*ka"re) interj. Same as Baccare.
Backband
(Back"band`) n. [2d back, n. + band.] (Saddlery) The band which passes over the back of
a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Backbite
(Back"bite`), v. t. [2d back, n. + bite.] To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly
or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser.
Backbite
(Back"bite`), v. i. To censure or revile the absent.
They are arrant knaves, and will backbite.
Shak.
Backbiter
(Back"bit`er) n. One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
Backbiting
(Back"bit`ing) n. Secret slander; detraction.
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness.
Piers Plowman.
Backboard
(Back"board`) n. [2d back, n. + board.]
1. A board which supports the back when one is sitting;
specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat.
2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
4. A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddles
into the interior of the wheel. W. Nicholson.
5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.
