An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BACK-CAW, s. The same as Back-cast, S.

BACKE, s. The bat.
V. [Bak, Backie-bird].

BACKINGS, s. pl. Refuse of wool or flax, used for coarser stuffs, S.
Statist. Acc.

Swed. bakla lin, to dress flax.

BACKLINS, s. Backwards; as, To gae backlins, to go with the face turned opposite to the course one takes, S.
V. the termination [Lingis].

BACK-SEY, s.
V. [Sey].

BACK-SET, s.
1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, S.
2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one back in any course, S.
Wodrow.

Eng. back and set.

BACKSPANG, s. A trick, or legal quirk, by which one takes the advantage of another, after every thing seemed to have been settled in a bargain, S.

Back and spang, to spring.