aback
- Adverb. (rare) Towards the back or rear; backwards; away.
- Adverb. Behind; in the rear.
- Adverb. (nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side.
- Noun. (obsolete) An abacus.
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