Backed (bkt), a. Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.
Back"er (bk"r), n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
Back"fall` (-fl`), n. [2d back, n. + fall.] A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
Back"friend` (&?;), n. [Back, n. or adv. + friend.] A secret enemy. [Obs.] South.
Back"gam`mon (&?;), n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan. bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set back.] A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".
Back"gam`mon, v. t. In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".