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The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative. Dr. Prier.

A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage. [Colloq.]

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.

Having a curved spine.

A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. [Political Slang, U.S.]

On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.] A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.

On the back.

The stickleback.

That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.

tiobus, or Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.

The rorqual.

The dunlin. [U. S.]

Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.

A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. [U.S.]

Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.

Same as Saddle-backed. Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.

of the family Polynoidæ, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chætopoda.

A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]