backboned

[Eng. backbon (e); -ed.] Furnished with a backbone; vertebrate. "The cat then is one of the group of backboned animals."-St. G. Mivart: The Cat , p. 451. back-brēde, s. [BAKBREDE.] back-căr-ry, s. [Eng. back ; carry.] Law : The act of carrying on the back. "Manwood, in his forest laws, noteth it for one of the four circumstances or cases wherein a forester mav arrest an offender against vert or venison in the forest, viz., stable-stand, dog-draw, back carry, and bloody-hand."-Corecl.