Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backhand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.]
A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
letters is from left to right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
backhand
adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand
facing direction of stroke [syn: {backhand(a)}, {backhanded}]
[ant: {forehand(a)}]
2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down
to right [syn: {left-slanting}]
n : a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction
of the stroke [syn: {backhand stroke}, {backhand shot}]
v : hit a tennis ball backhand
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