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Aback
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What's The Definition Of Aback?
[adv] by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
[adv] having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" Synonyms | Synonyms for Aback: Related Terms | Find terms related to Aback: See Also | Aback In Webster's Dictionary \A*back"\ ([.a]*b[a^]k"), adv. [Pref. a- + back; AS. on
b[ae]c at, on, or toward the back. See {Back}.]
1. Toward the back or rear; backward. ``Therewith aback she
started.'' --Chaucer.
2. Behind; in the rear. --Knolles.
3. (Naut.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails
when pressed by the wind. --Totten.
{To be taken aback}.
(a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the
sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus
driven.
(b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited.
--Dickens.
\Ab"ack\ ([a^]b"ak), n. An abacus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. |
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