aback
adverb
- Archaic backward; back
- Naut. backward against the mast, as the sails of a square-rigged vessel in a wind from straight ahead
See aback in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-băkˈ)
adverb- By surprise: He was taken aback by her caustic remarks.
- Nautical In such a way that the wind pushes against the forward side of a sail or sails.
- Archaic Back; backward.
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