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Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]

A hindrance or disappointment; a check. A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker. South.

straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]

readth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26.

An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. "Constitutional barriers." Hopkinson.

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.

or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear. The battle was before and behind. 2 Chron. xiii. 14.

Enterprise. "To hinder our beginnings." Shak.

A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.

An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.

To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64.

Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett. To blow hot and cold Etym: (a saying derived from a fable of , to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escap…

A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. This arm shall be a bolster for thy head. Gay.