Thesaurus: aback

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1. adv. Toward the back or rear; backward.
2. adv. Behind; in the rear.
3. adv. Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
4. n. An abacus.
5. adv. having the wind against the forward side of the sails
6. adv. by surprise
7. Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed bythe wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backwardagainst the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when thesails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, ordiscomfited. Dickens.
8. r:100 r. having the wind against the forward side of the sails r. by surprise