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† ˈback-berend, a. (pres. pple.) Obs.
In 3 -inde, 6–9 -and, 7 -end, 8 -ind.
[OE. bæc-berende, f. bæc back + berende, pr. pple. of beran to bear: see backbear n.]
Bearing on the back: an OE. combination, long retained as a law-term to describe a thief caught in the act of thus carrying off stolen property. Sometimes modernized as back-bearing.
1292Britton i. xxx. §6 Acun laroun ou robbeour seisi de soen larcyn handhabbynde et bacberinde. c1550Sir J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 37 Theives tane and apprehendit in manifest thift, sic as hand-havand and back-beirand. 1641Termes de la Ley 36 b, Backberind theefe. 1822Edin. Rev. XXXVI. 295 If the offender could be taken back-bearing. 1828Scott F.M. Perth iv, Our hand-habend, our back-berand, and our blood-suits. |