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To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. The work went backward. Dryden.

The state of being backward.

new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

esh. Bacon beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian Fre…

The state of being bad.

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

he sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.

An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]

A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness. And hung a bottle on each side To make his balance true. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style. This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney.

The quality or state of being baleful.

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.