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Webster 1913 Edition


Backhand

Back′handˊ

,
Noun.
[
Back
, adv. +
hand
.]
1.
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Back′handˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Sloping from left to right; – said of handwriting.
2.
Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
[R.]