·adj Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.
·noun A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a sh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
From the Hebrew gamal, "to repay" or "requite," as the camel does the care of its master. There are ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The species of camel which was in common use among the Jews and the heathen nations of Palestine was...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Back>>. II. Backed ·adj Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrot...
Dead. He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. II. Broken-backed ·adj Hogged; so weakened in...
·adj Having a bunch on the back; crooked. ...
·adj Round-shoulded. ...
·adj Having a curved spine. ...
·adj Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, ·etc. ...
·adj Having a back like that of roach; — said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave c...
·adj Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. ...
·adj Having a low back and high neck, as a horse. II. Saddle-backed ·adj Having the outline of the ...
·adj <<Obstinate>>. ...
·adj Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; — ...
Hump-backed. ...
The state of a ship so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain from gro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and...
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, at No.8 (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). Coach office for Essex. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.