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Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad- backed; hump- backed.

Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.

Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. Fuller.

Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.

Round-shoulded.

Having a humped back.

A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

Having a humped back.

Having a curved spine.

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

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

Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.

Obstinate. J. H. Newman.

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

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

To place or seat upon the back. [R.] Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed, Appeared to me. Shak.

A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]