Back stream

A current flowing up-stream. Backs'ville, in Minnesota, a post-office of Brown co. Back's word, n. A sword having a back; a sword with one sharp edge. -In England, a term used to denote a feneing-stick with a basket-handle, used in rustic games of skill. (Fencing.) A game or play with the backsword; most commonly called single -stick. Back'ward, Back'wards, adv . With the back forward or in advance; as, to walk backward . -Towards the back; as, to throw the arms backward. "In leaping with weights, the arms are first cast backwards and then forwards." - Bacon . -With the back downward; on the back. "Then darting fire from her malignant eves, She cast him backward as he strove to rise." - Dryden. -Towards the past; in relation to time or events. "There is no argument to that which looks backwards ." - South. -Reflexively; by way of reflection. "For the mind can be backward cast upon herself." - Davies. - From a better to a worse state. "The work went backward, and the more he strove T'advance the suit, the farther from her love." - Dryden. Back'-leaning, a. That inclines toward the hinder -Perversely; in a contrary manner or order. part.