backside

[Eng. back, and side. In Sw. baksida; Dan. bagside.] A. Ordinary Language: 1. Gen.: The back portion of anything, as of a roll, a tract of country, . a book [books were formerly rolls] written within and on the backside,."- Rev. v. 1. "If the quicksilver were rubbed from the backside of the speculum,"- Newton . 2. Spec . The hinder part of an animal; the rump. ( Vulgar .) "A poor ant carries a grain of corn, climbing up a wall with her head downwards and her backside upwards."-Add is on. B. In old conveyances and pleadings: What now is called a back-yard; that is, a yard at the back of a house. "The wash of pastures, fields, commons, roads, streets, or backsides are of great advantage to all sorts of land.- Mortimer .