Part 492

Back"ward, n. The state behind or past. [Obs.]

In the dark backward and abysm of time. Shak.

Back"ward, v. t. To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]

Back`war*da"tion (&?;), n. [Backward, v. t. + -ation.] (Stock Exchange) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle.

Back"ward*ly (&?;), adv. 1. Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

2. Perversely; ill. [Obs.]

And does he think so backwardly of me? Shak.

Back"ward*ness, n. The state of being backward.

Back"wash` (&?;), v. t. To clean the oil from (wool) after combing. Ash.

Back"wa`ter (&?;), n. [Back, a. or adv. + -water.] 1. Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

Back"woods" (&?;), n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.] The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

Back"woods"man (&?;), n.; pl. Backwoodsmen (&?;). A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

Back"worm` (&?;), n. [2d back, n. + worm.] A disease of hawks. See Filanders. Wright.

Ba"con (&?;), n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

Bacon beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or loss. [Colloq.]

Ba*co"ni*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.

Bac*te"ri*a (&?;), n. pl. See Bacterium.

Bac*te"ri*al (&?;), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to bacteria.

Bac*te"ri*ci`dal (&?;), a. Destructive of bacteria.

Bac*te"ri*cide (bk*t"r*sd), n. [Bacterium + L. caedere to kill] (Biol.) Same as Germicide.

Bac*te"ri*o*log`ic*al (bk*t`r**lj"*kal), a. Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies.

Bac*te"ri*ol`o*gist, n. One skilled in bacteriology.

Bac*te"ri*ol`o*gy (&?;), n. [Bacterium + -logy.] (Biol.) The science relating to bacteria.

Bac*te`ri*o*scop"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination.

Bac*te`ri*os"co*pist (&?;), n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.