Vocabulary : Backjoint to Backsaw
Backjoint : A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
Backlash : The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
Backless : Without a back.
Backlog : A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.
Backpiece : Alt. of Backplate
Backplate : A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Backrack : Alt. of Backrag
Backrag : See Bacharach.
Backs : Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Backsaw : A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
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