These are the meanings of the letters LAMBACK when you unscramble them.
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Aback (adv.)
Toward the back or rear; backward.
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Aback (adv.)
Behind; in the rear.
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Aback (adv.)
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
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Aback (n.)
An abacus.
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Alack (interj.)
An exclamation expressive of sorrow.
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Black (a.)
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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Black (a.)
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
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Black (a.)
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
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Black (a.)
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Black (adv.)
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
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Black (n.)
That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
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Black (n.)
A black pigment or dye.
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Black (n.)
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
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Black (n.)
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
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Black (n.)
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
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Black (n.)
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
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Black (n.)
A stain; a spot; a smooch.
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Black (a.)
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
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Black (a.)
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Cabal (n.)
Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
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Cabal (n.)
A secret.
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Cabal (n.)
A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
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Cabal (n.)
The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
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Cabal (v. i.)
To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.