Search the Dictionary

Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues.

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.

That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.

In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also, the catcher himself.

Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

nter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

t, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear. The battle was before and behind. 2 Chron. xiii. 14.

A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett. To blow hot and cold Etym: (a saying derived from a fable of , to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escap…

To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]

place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.]

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep, And go the fools among. Shak.

A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

orn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs. The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. Spenser.

having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak.