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To call from or back again. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

nsisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made.

Again; back against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Backward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To make to look like a bagpipe. To bagpipe the mizzen (Naut.), to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. Totten.

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

en. -- Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. -- Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.

Same as Backsheesh.

To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

ital. [Obs.] Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. Bacon.

A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.

A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. "Having two barbs or points." Ascham.

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

d feme, husband and wife. [R.] Cowell. Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. -- Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port. -- Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient c…

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.

uble seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.