TO BACK AND FILL

Definition: TO BACK AND FILL

TO BACK AND FILL

1. To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: TO BACK AND FILL

English words defined with "TO BACK AND FILL": stuffing box. (references)

Specialty definitions using "TO BACK AND FILL": Back and Edge ♦ cycle time ♦ ENGRAVER, RUBBER, engraver, signature ♦ HEAD-BANDER-AND-LINER OPERATOR ♦ PAINTER, SIGN, POLISHER, IMPLANT ♦ RUG INSPECTOR II ♦ SKETCH MAKER I ♦ TRIMMER OPERATOR ♦ WEIGHER-AND-CRUSHER. (references)

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Anagrams: TO BACK AND FILL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-f-i-k-l-l-n-o-t"
	-4 letters: alkalotic, allantoic, antiblack, blackland, blacktail, botanical, factional, flintlock.
	-5 letters: ablation, alkaloid, anabolic, anticold, antilock, backfill, backland, balladic, blackfin, botanica, daltonic, diaconal, fallback, flatland, nailfold, tailback.
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