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dsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to Ant: prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.

A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.

One who rides out on horseback. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.

To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

cate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. Fresh-water oyster (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a…

A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]

tine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot. Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.

ess, Pardon. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Ang…

One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. -- Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.