| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BAULKINGLY | • baulkingly adv. Alternative form of balkingly. • BAULKING adv. BAULK, to refrain from proceeding, also BALK, BAUK. |
| BLACKGUARD | • blackguard n. The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment. • blackguard n. (Old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person. • blackguard n. (Archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society. |
| BUCKRAMING | • buckraming v. Present participle of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| BULWARKING | • bulwarking v. Present participle of bulwark. • BULWARK v. to fortify. |
| GRUBSTAKED | • grubstaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| GRUBSTAKER | • grubstaker n. One who provides a prospector with a grubstake. • GRUBSTAKER n. one who provides a grubstake. |
| GRUBSTAKES | • grubstakes n. Plural of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| KURBASHING | • kurbashing v. Present participle of kurbash. • KURBASH v. (Arabic) to flog with a leather whip, also KOURBASH. |
| OUTBARKING | • outbarking v. Present participle of outbark. • OUTBARK v. to surpass in barking. |
| PLOUGHBACK | • plough␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOUGHBACK n. the reinvestment of profits, also PLOWBACK. |
| ROUGHBACKS | • ROUGHBACK n. a rough-skinned flatfish. |
| TUCKERBAGS | • tuckerbags n. Plural of tuckerbag. • TUCKERBAG n. a bag used to carry food in the bush or by jolly swagmen. |
| UPBREAKING | • upbreaking v. Present participle of upbreak. • upbreaking n. The action of something that escapes or flies upward. • UPBREAK v. to break out. |