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Word Meanings - BEHIND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. 2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by

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1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. 2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. Pope. 3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5.

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  • AFTERCAST
    A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
  • SUCCEEDANT
    Succeeding one another; following.
  • AFTER
    To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
  • AFTERPAINS
    The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
  • FOLLOWING EDGE
    See ABOVE
  • ABACK
    Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. To be suddenly checked, baffled,
  • SUCCEEDER
    A successor. Shak. Tennyson.
  • AFTERSHAFT
    The hypoptilum.
  • AFTERPIECE
    The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
  • AFTER DAMP
    An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
  • AFTER-NOTE
    One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
  • ASTERN
    1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. --
  • AFTERWISE
    Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
  • AFTERINGS
    The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. Grose.
  • SUCCEEDING
    The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak.
  • AFTER-EATAGE
    Aftergrass.
  • AFTERGUARD
    The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.
  • AFTER-DINNER
    The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a.
  • FOLLOWING
    1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay. 2. Vocation; business; profession.
  • AFTERGAME
    A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.
  • PICKABACK
    A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.
  • SUPRASTERNAL
    Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
  • CRAFTER
    a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
  • BACKWARD; BACKWARDS
    1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events;
  • THEREAFTER
    1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison,
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    That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
  • INGRAFTER
    A person who ingrafts.
  • SOUTHEASTERN
    Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

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