bent+back

  • 31in|cum´bent|ly — in|cum|bent «ihn KUHM buhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resting (on a person) as a duty: »She felt it incumbent upon her to answer the letter at once. I have come home with a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon me (William Ewart Gladstone).… …

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  • 32in|cum|bent — «ihn KUHM buhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. resting (on a person) as a duty: »She felt it incumbent upon her to answer the letter at once. I have come home with a deep sense of the duty incumbent upon me (William Ewart Gladstone). SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 33re|cum´bent|ly — re|cum|bent «rih KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. Figurative. inactive; idle; listless. 3. Biology. leaning or resting on anything: »a recumbent plant …

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  • 34re|cum|bent — «rih KUHM buhnt», adjective. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. Figurative. inactive; idle; listless. 3. Biology. leaning or resting on anything: »a recumbent plant …

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  • 35Half back — Half Half (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half… …

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  • 36bow back — /boh/ a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling. Also called hoop back, loop back. * * * …

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  • 37hoop back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a back (as of a Windsor chair) formed by a bent piece of wood fitted with vertical spindles * * * Furniture. 1. a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form. 2. See bow back. [1900 05] …

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  • 38bow back — /boh/ a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling. Also called hoop back, loop back …

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  • 39Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song) — Walkin My Baby Back Home is a popular song written in 1930 by Roy Turk (lyrics) and Fred E. Ahlert (music). It first charted in 1931 with versions by Nick Lucas (#8), Ted Weems (also #8), The Charleston Chasers (#15), and Lee Morse (#18).A… …

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  • 40loop back — chair that has one piece of wood in the back that is bent into a horseshoe shape and attached to the seat …

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