_Knox._
Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money.
BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.
V. ~Pickle~.
BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~.
V. ~Bauchle~.
BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, S.
Germ. _backen_, to bake.
BACK, _s._ A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.
Belg. _bak_, a trough.
BACK, BACKING, _s._ A body of followers, or supporters, S.
_Baillie._
BACK-BREAD, _s._ A kneading-trough, S.
BACK-CAST, _s._ A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, S.
BACK-CAW, _s._ The same as _Back-cast_, S.
BACKE, _s._ The bat.
V. ~Bak~, ~Backie-bird~.
BACKINGS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool or flax, used for coa.r.s.er stuffs, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Swed. _bakla lin_, to dress flax.
BACKLINS, _s._ Backwards; as, _To gae backlins_, to go with the face turned opposite to the course one takes, S.
V. the termination ~Lingis~.
BACK-SEY, _s._
V. ~Sey~.
BACK-SET, _s._
1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, S.
2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one _back_ in any course, S.
_Wodrow._
Eng. _back_ and _set_.
BACKSPANG, _s._ A trick, or legal quirk, by which one takes the advantage of another, after every thing seemed to have been settled in a bargain, S.
_Back_ and _spang_, to spring.
_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._
1. To trace a report as far back as possible, S.
2. To cross-question; S.
_Back_ and _speir_, to examine.
V. ~Spere~, v.
BACK-SPEIRER, BACK-SPEARER, _s._ A cross-examinator, S.
_Cleland._
BACK-SPRENT, _s._ The back-bone, S.
_Back_, and S. _sprent_, a spring.
BADE, _pret._ of ~Bide~, q. v.