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hindmost part
noun as in tail
Example Sentences
Rear, rēr, n. the back or hindmost part: the last part of an army or fleet.—ns.
Over the pathetic story of Danny's maddest prank, or the last mournful account of his daring devilry, the Deemster would chuckle and shake, and roll his head between his shoulders, then give the boy a slap on his hindmost part, accompanied by a lusty name, and finally rummage for something in his pocket, and smuggle that something into the young rascal's palm.
The palate must remain elastic from the front teeth to its hindmost part, mobile and susceptible, though imperceptibly, to all changes.
The Line must be taken from the hindmost Part of the Right Heel to the Left Heel near the Ancle.
The west was a solid mass of cloud that drifted slowly in the wake of the departing storm, its hindmost part shredded to mist before the path of the hidden moon.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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