Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (18701938). Rogets 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 ones 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.