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The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; --…

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…

Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the gove…

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to…

To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifi…

clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct … i…

any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae

Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…

The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burg…

Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.

severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back

A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and sa…