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aback of

prep

Etymology

From aback + of.

  1. inherited from *h₂epó✻ — “away”
  2. inherited from *ab✻ — “away; away from”
  3. inherited from *ab✻
  4. inherited from of — “from, out of, off”
  5. inherited from of
  6. formed as aback of — “aback + of”

Definitions

  1. Behind

    Behind; on the other side of

    • The question of wind must be matter of inference from the incidents above stated: the movement of the “Lawrence” and “Queen Charlotte,” and the bracing aback of the “Niagara's” topsail.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA