Part 856

<hw>Back"ward</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state behind or past.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the dark <b>backward</b> and abysm of time. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Backward</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"ward</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To keep back; to hinder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Backwardation</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back`war*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Backward</ets>, v.i.+ <ets>-ation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>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 <er>Contango</er>.</def>

<i> Biddle.</i>

<h1>Backwardly</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"ward*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Perversely; ill.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And does he think so <b>backwardly</b> of me? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Backwardness</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"ward*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being backward.</def>

<h1>Backwash</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"wash`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.</def>

<h1>Backwater</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"wa`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Back</ets>, a. or adv. + <ets>-ward</ets>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.</def>

<h1>Backwoods</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"woods"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Back</ets>, a. + <ets>woods</ets>.]</ety> <def>The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.</def>

<h1>Backwoodsman</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"woods"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Backwoodsmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A men living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.</def>

<i>Fisher Ames.</i>

<h1>Backworm</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Back"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[2d <ets>back</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>worm</ets>. ]</ety> <def>A disease of hawks. See <er>Filanders</er>.</def>

<i> Wright.</i>