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Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.

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  1. a. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
  2. a. Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
  3. adj. having the spine damaged
  4. adj. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
  5. adj. (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
  6. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. 2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten.
  7. Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; --said of a ship. Totten.
  8. s having the spine damaged s (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth s (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end