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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| at the back or in the rear
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25
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| moving or operating backward
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| near the posterior
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| of the past (~ issues)
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| located behind
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| pronounced with the tongue back
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1c
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37 (phonetics)
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33 (phonetics)
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7 (technical)
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1c
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6 (linguistics)
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29
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36 (navigation)
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| inferior; obscure
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1b
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| returning
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| behind and subsidiary
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2?
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| due for prior service (~ pay)
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2b
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| from the back (~ view)
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| gloss
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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| in or toward the rear
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34
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| to the original place
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6, 7a (original state)
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| ago
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2b
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| away from contact
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| in reserve
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10?
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1f
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| in restraint
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1e1
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| in return (pay ~)
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2c1
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| in withdrawal
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1g
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| backward in time
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36
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7, 12 (toward the beginning)
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| in reply
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(included in 37)
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2c3
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(included in 7)
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| away from the front or ordinary position
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2
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1b
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| (having) returned
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7b
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| together with an alcoholic drink
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13 (US slang)
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| at less than a perpendicular angle
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1e2
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| backstage
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1h
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| in retaliation
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2c2
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| once again (read ~)
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| in a former place
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| gloss
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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| large shallow vat
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1II
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1II
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1II
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| ferryboat
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2
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| hinder part of the body
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1II
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1
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1 (anatomical), 2a
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1 (humans), 2 (animals)
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1 (human), 2 (animal)
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1a1 (human), 1b (vertebrates)
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1a (human), 1b (animal)
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1 (humans), 2 (animals)
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| extended upper part (~ of the hills)
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2II
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| outward or upper part
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3II
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2b1
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| rear part of a thing (opposite front)
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4II
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3a
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2a1
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| part out of sight, or opposite the part in view
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5II
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3 (less important)
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2a2
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| edge of a tool opposite the cutting edge
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6II
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4d
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2c6
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| reserve support
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7II
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| keel and keelson
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8II (nautical)
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17
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9 (nautical)
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| upper part of a lode
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9II (mining)
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2b5
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12? (mining)
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| roof of a horizontal underground passage
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17 (mining) (stope or drift)
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2b4
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| portion of clothing covering the back
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10II
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7
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9 (rear of garment)
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8
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6
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| player in the backfield
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4 (soccer)
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21 (soccer)
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(included in 18a)
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8a (various sports)
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10 (soccer etc.)
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| spine
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1c
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| book binding
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4c
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7a, 7b
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| backrest
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10
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2d
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| player behind the line of scrimmage
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9 (US football)
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5b
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| rear of any body part
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3
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| whole body, for clothing purposes
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2b
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1a2
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| rear part providing reinforcement
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8
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| capacity to bear a responsibility
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10
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| inside margin of a page
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2f2
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13 (printing)
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| effort
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5
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| part forming the rear
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| part of an object providing support
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10
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| forward part of propeller blade
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11 (nautical, aviation)
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| upper part of aircraft fuselage
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12 (aviation)
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| exterior curve of an arch
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15 (architecture)
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| upper side of a joist
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16a (carpentry)
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| area of wall between window stool and floor
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16b (carpentry)
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| player behind the line of contact
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18a (sports)
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8a
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5a
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| position of a player behind the line of contact
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18b (sports)
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8b
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8b
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| part of the body which carries burdens
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2c
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| the part of an animal body opposite the motor organs
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2d
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| room at the back of a house
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3b
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| outer side of the hand
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4a
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| underside of a leaf
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4b
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| back country; back 40
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5b
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| the time after
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6 (obsolete)
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| back armor
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8a
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| defense
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8b
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| rear of an army
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11 (archaic)
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| following; supporters
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12 (obsolete)
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| surface of waves, etc.
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13
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1e?
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| ridge
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14 (obsolete)
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| convex part of a bent surface
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15
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| upper part of a horizontal beam
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16 (archaic)
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2b2
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| removable rear part of camera body
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2007 addendum (photography)
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| capacity to endure
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1a3
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| jumpee position in leapfrog
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1g
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| remote part
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2a3
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| side of a type piece
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2b3
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| cleavage in coal seam
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2b6
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| backing (hunting dog)
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3
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| convex part of a sawtooth
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2j
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| longest leaf of a leaf spring
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2i
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| back yard
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2h
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| reverse of paper money
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2g
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| last pages of a book
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2f1
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| upper surface of tongue opposite the soft palate
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4
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| non-forward rugby player
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| reverse side
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5
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| part furthest from the front
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| drive backward
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15a, 15b
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21
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20
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2
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3a
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15
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| provide financial backing
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5
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(included in 22)
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(included in 1a)
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(included in 1d)
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| move backward
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1II
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2
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16a
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(included in 2)
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1II
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1II
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21
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| provide one's support to
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7
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1,3 (endorse)
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22
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14
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| substantiate
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5?
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1b
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| mount
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10a (rare)
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2
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17 (archaic)
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| place upon the back
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20 (US)
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| furnish with a back
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10
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4a
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| be at the back of
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19
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| write on the back of
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| indorse (~ a check)
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12a (warrant), 12b (check)
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1d
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| bet on the success of
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6 (risk money)
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1c
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16
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| shift counterclockwise (of wind)
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2II (nautical)
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8
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30 (nautical)
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3II
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2II
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22 (nautical)
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| stand still behind another dog which has pointed
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3II (hunting)
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9 (hunting)
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6, 2II
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| accompany musically
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4c
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1III
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4
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| attach laths to the upper part of a joist or rafter
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27 (carpentry)
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| move a sail so the forward face is into the wind
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28a (nautical)
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8
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| brace yards while backing a sail
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28b (nautical)
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| reinforce an anchor with a smaller one dropped further away
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28c (nautical)
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7
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| coat the back of a plate with a light-absorbing substance
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2b
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4e
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| prepare a book for binding boards
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2c
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4d
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| provide physical support
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| set or lay back
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14a
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| abut at the back
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4II
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| supply the first stage of exhaustion for a pump
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1e
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| make a sound while moving the tonge further back
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3b
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| print on the reverse as well as the front
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12c
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4c1
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| fill a shell with metal to form a printing plate
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4c2
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| reinforce a stereotype matrix so it can withstand the pressure of molten metal
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4c3
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| address an envelope
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=back
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=back
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50016262 (subscription) Those senses not attested after 1500 are ignored here.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/back
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 HarperCollins Publishers (2001) “back”, in Sinclair et al., editors, Collins Concise Dictionary, 5th ed., →ISBN, pages 101-102
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Pearson Education Ltd. (2003) “back”, in Quirk et al., editors, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 4th ed., →ISBN, pages 91-92
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=back (subscription)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 http://www.bartleby.com/61/95/B0009500.html
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/ (subscription)
