The Collaborative International Dictionary
Back \Back\, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bag, bak a bark, D. bak tray, bowl.]
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper.
Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash.
Water back, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated.
A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
(Bot.) A climbing plant ( Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
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The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature ( Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens).
Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle ( Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid ( Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect ( Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya ( Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species ( Ostrya vulgaris).
Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth ( Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker, one who picks hops.
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree ( Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
Usage examples of "hop back".
If we could escape the cell, then avoid hundreds of men with white robes and golden shovels, and then outrun the posse on horseback, we might be able to get far enough away from the castle to dimension-hop back to Vortex #6.
And so with that decided, they headed for Diggs's command UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for the hop back to the divisional kazerne.
No longer, he thought, as he headed for the Suburban for the drive back to Fort McHenry and the helicopter hop back to the White House.
Trying to shake off the after-effects of that extraordinary experience and access the Discipline-retained memories, she let Ford and Lunzie shepherd them into the pinnace for the short hop back to the cruiser.
She was a little bit scared, and a little bit excited, and she wasn't accustomed to making a pass at a total stranger and she didn't know exactly how to go about it, but Bread Boy had not taken the edge off her and the only thing she could think of was how, without a total loss of all pride and dignity, she could hop back onto that counter top, sans moccasins, stretch jeans, and plain, practical briefs, and get rid of that aching weight, that burden teetering on the brink.