Backhand
Pronunciation : Back"hand`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Back, adv. + hand.]
Definition : Defn: A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Back"hand`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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