| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space |
| Section II. Dimensions |
| 3. Centrical Dimensions |
| 2. Special |
| 235. Rear. |
| NOUN: | REAR, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard, rearward [archaic]; background, hinterland. occiput, nape; heels. SPINE, backbone, rachis, spinal column, chine. TAIL, scut, brush, appendage [humorous]. RUMP, croup, buttock, posteriors, fundament, bottom [colloq.], stern [colloq.], seat, backside [vulgar], breech, dorsum, tergum, loin; dorsal -, lumbar- region; hind quarters; aitchbone. STERN, poop, counter, mizzenmast, postern door, tailpiece, after-part, heelpiece, crupper. WAKE; train (sequence) [See Sequence]. REVERSE; other side of the shield. |
| VERB: | BE BEHIND &c. adv.; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the rear; heel, tag, shadow, follow (pursue) [See Pursuit]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | BACK, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost; sternmost; postern, posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, tergal, neural, spinal, vertebral, lumbar; mizzen. |
| ADVERB: | BEHIND; in the -rear, - background; behind one’s back; at the -heels, - tail, - back- of; back to back. after, aft, abaft, baft, astern, aback, rearward, hindward, backward. |
| QUOTATION: | Ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio. |
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