Alternative spelling of backbone

plural of back-bone

present participle of back out

(intransitive) To retaliate. / (transitive) To repress (an emotion).

Alternative form of yellowback

(transitive) To hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance).

A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.

from beginning to end

(hunting) An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.

present participle of back-burner