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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aback \Ab"ack\ ([a^]b"ak), n. An abacus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aback \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aback adv 1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
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