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backen, v.|ˈbæk(ə)n|
[f. back + -en2; cf. lessen.]
1. trans. To put, keep, or throw back; to throw behind, retard (in progress). Rare in mod. lit.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 160 Yet will it so backen them that thou mayst lose a full half years growth in them. 1750A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 361 His breast will be inflated, and majestically backen'd. 1853Faber All for Jesus 55 A false doctrine..backens devotion. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 720 Very hot vinegar applied..to a boil..will sometimes ‘backen’ it.
2. intr. To move or draw back. spec. = back v. 17.
1748[See backening vbl. n.] 1800Ann. Reg. 1798 Chron. 88/2 The wind, nearly south,..backened towards the eastern board to about south-east. 1805H. F. Cary tr. Dante's Inferno xvii. 283 As a small vessel, back'ning out from land, Her station quits. 1909Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/2 It [sc. a squall] blew for a few minutes violently; then backened back to the south-east. |