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    Aback , adv. [Pref. a- + back; AS. on bæc at, on, or toward the back. See Back.]
    1. Toward the back or rear; backward. “Therewith aback she started.”
      Chaucer.

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    2. Behind; in the rear.
      Knolles.

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    3. (Naut.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
      Totten.

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      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.

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    Aback , n. An abacus. [Obs.]
    B. Jonson.

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