I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance.
Mrs. Alexander.
A husband somewhere in the background.
Thackeray.
To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
Back"hand` (&?;), n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Back"hand`, a. 1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.