Appendix:Dictionary notes/back

Adjective

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
at the back or in the rear	1	1	1	31	29	1	1a	1	25
distant, remote	(included in 1)		1a	32	32		1b	2	26
in arrears	2		3a	34			2a	4
moving or operating backward	3		7	35			3a	5?	28
near the posterior	(included in 1?)	2
of the past (~ issues)		3	3b	33	30		4	3	27
pertaining to the spine									24
located behind									23
pronounced with the tongue back			1c	37 (phonetics)	33 (phonetics)	7 (technical)	1c	6 (linguistics)	29
reciprocal				36 (navigation)
inferior; obscure			1b
returning			6				3b
behind and subsidiary			2			2?
due for prior service (~ pay)					31		2b	(included in 4)
from the back (~ view)						3

Adverb

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
in or toward the rear	1	2	1		34		1a	1
to the original place	2	1	5		35	1	2a	2
to a former state	3	3	6, 7a (original state)			2		3
ago	4		11			(included in 7)	2b
away from contact	5					10
in reserve	6		10?		39		1f	5
in restraint	7						1e1	6
in return (pay ~)	8	6	8		37	6	2c1	7
in withdrawal	9		3				(included in 2c3)
in arrears	10		12				1g
backward in time		4	4		36	7, 12 (toward the beginning)	1c	4
in reply		5			(included in 37)	5	2c3	(included in 7)
away from the front or ordinary position			2				1b
(having) returned			7b
together with an alcoholic drink			13 (US slang)
at less than a perpendicular angle							1d
in a disadvantageous state							1e2
backstage							1h
in retaliation					(included in 37)		2c2
once again (read ~)						8	3
in check					38
in a former place						3
backward in space						4
in a relaxed way						9

Noun

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
large shallow vat	1		1II				1II	1II
ferryboat	2
hinder part of the body	1II	1	1 (anatomical), 2a	1 (humans), 2 (animals)	1 (human), 2 (animal)	1	1a1 (human), 1b (vertebrates)	1a (human), 1b (animal)	1 (humans), 2 (animals)
extended upper part (~ of the hills)	2II
outward or upper part	3II						2b1
rear part of a thing (opposite front)	4II	2	3a	6	4	2	2a1	3	5
part out of sight, or opposite the part in view	5II	3	5a		5	3 (less important)	2a2	4
edge of a tool opposite the cutting edge	6II		4d				2c6
reserve support	7II
keel and keelson	8II (nautical)		17						9 (nautical)
upper part of a lode	9II (mining)						2b5		12? (mining)
roof of a horizontal underground passage	(included in 9II) (mining)			17 (mining) (stope or drift)			2b4
portion of clothing covering the back	10II	7	9 (rear of garment)	8					6
player in the backfield		4 (soccer)	21 (soccer)	(included in 18a)		16		8a (various sports)	10 (soccer etc.)
spine		5		9	3		1c	2	7
book binding		6	4c	13	9		1f	7a, 7b	(included in 8)
backrest		8	10			4	2d
player behind the line of scrimmage		9 (US football)		(included in 18a)			5b
rear of any body part				3					3
whole body, for clothing purposes			2b	4			1a2		4
rear part providing reinforcement									8
capacity to bear a responsibility									10
inside margin of a page							2f2		13 (printing)
effort				5
part forming the rear			(included in 10)	7
part of an object providing support				10	7			6
forward part of propeller blade				11 (nautical, aviation)
upper part of aircraft fuselage				12 (aviation)
exterior curve of an arch				15 (architecture)
upper side of a joist				16a (carpentry)
area of wall between window stool and floor				16b (carpentry)
player behind the line of contact				18a (sports)	8a		5a
position of a player behind the line of contact				18b (sports)	8b			8b
part of the body which carries burdens			2c
the part of an animal body opposite the motor organs			2d
room at the back of a house			3b
outer side of the hand			4a
underside of a leaf			4b
back country; back 40			5b
the time after			6 (obsolete)
back armor			8a
defense			8b
rear of an army			11 (archaic)
following; supporters			12 (obsolete)
surface of waves, etc.			13				1e?
ridge			14 (obsolete)
convex part of a bent surface			15
upper part of a horizontal beam			16 (archaic)				2b2
removable rear part of camera body			2007 addendum (photography)
capacity to endure							1a3
jumpee position in leapfrog							1g
remote part							2a3
side of a type piece							2b3
cleavage in coal seam			?				2b6
backing (hunting dog)			?				3
convex part of a sawtooth							2j
longest leaf of a leaf spring							2i
back yard							2h
reverse of paper money							2g
last pages of a book						5	2f1
upper surface of tongue opposite the soft palate							4
non-forward rugby player							5b
reverse side								5
part furthest from the front					6	(included in 2)

Verb

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
drive backward	3	4	15a, 15b	21	20	2	3a	1	15
provide financial backing		5			(included in 22)	(included in 1a)	(included in 1d)		(included in 14)
move backward	1II	2	16a	29	(included in 20)	(included in 2)	1II	1II	21
provide one's support to	7	1,3 (endorse)		19	22	1a	1a	3	14
substantiate		9	5?			1b	1b	6
mount	1		10a (rare)	25			2		17 (archaic)
place upon the back	2		20 (US)
furnish with a back	4	10	2a	22	24	3	4a	2	18
be at the back of	5	6	3	23		4	4b	7	19
write on the back of	6
indorse (~ a check)	(included in 6)	(included in 1)	12a (warrant), 12b (check)	26	26		1d		20
bet on the success of	8	7	7	20	23	6 (risk money)	1c	5	16
shift counterclockwise (of wind)	2II (nautical)	8	17	30 (nautical)	28		3II	2II	22 (nautical)
stand still behind another dog which has pointed	3II (hunting)		9 (hunting)				6, 2II
accompany musically			4c	24	25	5	1III	4
attach laths to the upper part of a joist or rafter				27 (carpentry)
move a sail so the forward face is into the wind				28a (nautical)			8
brace yards while backing a sail				28b (nautical)
reinforce an anchor with a smaller one dropped further away				28c (nautical)			7
coat the back of a plate with a light-absorbing substance			2b				4e
prepare a book for binding boards			2c				4d
provide physical support			4				(included in 1a)
set or lay back			14a
abut at the back			21		27		4II
supply the first stage of exhaustion for a pump							1e
make a sound while moving the tonge further back							3b
print on the reverse as well as the front			12c				4c1
fill a shell with metal to form a printing plate							4c2
reinforce a stereotype matrix so it can withstand the pressure of molten metal							4c3
address an envelope							5 (dialectal)