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A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]

A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnée; -- usually in the plural.

The knot.

The quillback. [Local, U.S.]

A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] Dr. Favour.

A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

Obstinate. J. H. Newman.

The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie. [Prov. Eng.]

Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.

A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

Any notodontian.

The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

The leatherback.

(Naut.) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, so made to shed the seas quickly.

Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. "Unbacked colts." Shak.

A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.

An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons.

See under 1st Back.

The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck to the floor without being held in at the waist, while the front and sides of the gown are shaped to the person and have a belt or its equivalent.