·adj Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness;
— said of horses and other animals.
·noun Rule; dominion; control. II. Sway ·vi To have weight or influence. III. Sway ·noun Preponder...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·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
·add. ·- Either of the two bars used in coupling the front and rear sleds of a logging sled; also, t...
·noun The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying. ...
or sway away. To hoist simultaneously; particularly applied to the lower yards and top-masts, and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·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 Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. ...
·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>>. ...
Hump-backed. ...
The state of a ship so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain from gro...
To apply a strain on a mast-rope in order to lift the spar upwards, so that the fid may be taken out...
A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and...