| Backed |
of Back |
imp. & p. p. |
| Backed |
Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed. |
a. |
| Broken-backed |
Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. |
a. |
| Broken-backed |
Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. |
a. |
| Razor-backed |
Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc. |
a. |
| Roach-backed |
Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve. |
a. |
| Round-backed |
Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. |
a. |
| Saddle-backed |
Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle. |
a. |
| Saddle-backed |
Having a low back and high neck, as a horse. |
a. |
| Stiff-backed |
Obstinate. |
a. |
| Sway-backed |
Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals. |
a. |
| Bunch |
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. |
n. |
| Bunch |
A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys. |
n. |
| Bunch |
A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. |
n. |
| Bunch |
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. |
v. i. |
| Bunch |
To form into a bunch or bunches. |
v. t. |
| Bunch grass |
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass. |
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| Camel-backed |
Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. |
a. |
| Huckle-backed |
Round-shoulded. |
a. |
| Lute-backed |
Having a curved spine. |
a. |