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ds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne.

To fill a cup or glass for drinking. Give me some wine; fill full. Shak. To back and fill. See under Back, v. i. -- To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.

Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a.

y, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. -- Fin whale (Zoöl.), a finback. -- Paired fins (Zoöl.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. -- Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

Same as Finchbacked.

A finback whale.

A finback whale.

Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent. The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

The European red-backed shrile (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.

To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [Scot.]

d arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. Knight.

To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.

To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.

d by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. Knight. -- Fly fishing, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. Walton. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the speed of an…

un a foil,to lead astray; to puzzle; -- alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.

A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.] All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.