backe

A bat. [BAT (3).] bắcked ( Eng. ), băck'-it ( Scotch ), pa. par., a., and in compos [BACK, V.] A. As adj.: Having a back of a particular type determined by the context. "Sharp-headed, barrel-bellied, broadly backed." Dryden: Virgil, Georgics, iii. B. In compos.: Having a back of a particular type settled by the word with which backed is in close conjunction. "There by the hump - back'd willow." Tennyson: Walking to the Mail. * bắck'-ěn, v.t. [Eng. back ; -en.] To hinder.