Found 2 hits - Term: back filling, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
back \back\, a.
1. being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the
back door; back settlements.
1913 webster
2. being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
1913 webster
3. moving or operating backward; as, back action.
1913 webster
back blocks, australian pastoral country which is remote
from the seacoast or from a river. webster 1913 suppl.
back charges, charges brought forward after an account has
been made up.
back filling arch., the mass of materials used in filling
up the space between two walls, or between the inner and
outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or
vault.
back pressure. steam engine see under pressure.
back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe,
and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in
turning.
back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written
or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private
stairs. also used adjectively. see back stairs,
backstairs, and backstair, in the vocabulary.
back step mil., the retrograde movement of a man or body
of men, without changing front.
back stream, a current running against the main current of
a stream; an eddy.
to take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat.
colloq.
1913 webster
see also:
back blocks back charges back filling back pressure pressure back rest
back slang back stairs backstairs backstair back step
back stream to take the back track
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
filling \fill"ing\, n.
1. that which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or
to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a
tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between
exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of
open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner
planks of a vessel, etc.
1913 webster
2. the woof in woven fabrics.
1913 webster
3. brewing prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
1913 webster
back filling. arch. see under back, a.
1913 webster
see also:
back filling back
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