5. Away from contact; by reverse movement.
The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door.
Matt. xxviii. 2.
6. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of
the money due to another.
7. In a state of restraint or hindrance.
The Lord hath kept thee back from honor.
Numb. xxiv. 11.
8. In return, repayment, or requital.
What have I to give you back?
Shak.
9. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.
10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.]
Back and forth,
backwards and forwards; to and fro. — To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to
betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [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.