GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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