backing pan (baking pan)

A pan in which electrotype-shells are placed face downward, while the molten metal with which they are backed is poured over them. backings (bak'ingz), n. pl. The refuse of wool or flax after it is dre ed; the tow thrown off by the second hackling of flax. Hoa. Why, are not debts better than words, sir? Wit. Are not words promises, and are not promises debts, sir? Hoa. He plays at back - racket with me. Middle ton, Trick to Catch the Old One, iv. 4. back-raking (bak'rā"king), n. In farriery , an operation by which hardened fæces are withdrawn from the rectum. back-rent (bak'rent), n. 1. Arrears of rent.2. In Scots law , a rent paid subsequently to reaping. Thus, when a tenant entering with a lease is allowed to reap and sell his first crop before paying his rent, the rent in this case is termed a back - rent , in contradistinction to fore - rent , a rent payable before the first crop is reaped.