backfalln.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > grace > specific
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1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument i. xiv. 90 To make a Back-fall Right, you are always to strike the Precedent Letter..instead of that Letter, which is to be Back-fall'd with your Right Hand.
1878 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 43 The smooth graces..include the Plain-beat or Rise, the Backfall, the Double Backfall.
2. A fall or throw on the back in wrestling. Often figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point
elencha1529
counterpoint1565
destructory1621
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the reverse of the medalc1660
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backfall1838
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
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fall?a1425
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cross-buttock1713
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dogfall1823
cross-buttocker1827
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backfall1838
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strangler's grip1895
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body scissors1903
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neck hold1905
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hipe1914
oshi1940
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pindown1948
lift1958
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Boston crab1961
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1838–9 Hood's Own 3 No wrestler..ever received half so many back-falls as I.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxv. 254 He will throw him an argumentative back-fall presently.
3. A lever in the coupler of an organ.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > coupler > parts of
backfall1880
tumbler1881
1880 E. Hopkins in Grove Dict. Music II. 606/2 This coupler is always worked by a pedal, on pressing which the backfalls descend into position.
1880 C. A. Edwards Organs ii. vi. 71 Backfalls are usually made of mahogany.
Derivatives
ˈbackfalled adj.
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