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his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.

nus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

ver belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.

To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

ness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.

An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.

The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. -- Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens). -- Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop fly (Zoöl.), an aphid (…

ors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. -- To take horse. (a) To set out on horseback. Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).

A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

A woman who rides on horseback.

A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.]

iculating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

Having a hump, as the back.

To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.

r or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.

A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.