Obs. Forms: 5 bac-, bak-, 5–6 backe-, 6 backhalf(e. [f. BACK a. + HALF.] Back side, back part, rear.

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1408.  Wyclif, Gen. xix. 6 (MS. Fairfax 2). Loth ȝede out to hem on the bachalf.

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a. 1450.  Knt. de la Tour (1868), 59. The theef that comithe in atte the dore on the backe half.

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1575.  Laneham, Lett., 52. Too Athlants ioined togeather a backhalf.

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  b.  adverbially: Backward.

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1470.  Harding, Chron., Pref. 6. Thus sette he me all bakhalfe on the tayle.

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