ABACK
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A*back" (&adot_;*băk"), 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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Ab"ack (ăb"&aitalic_;k), n. An abacus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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