Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, in or into the position of the yards of a vessel when the head-sails are laid aback: applied to the head-yards only, the other sails being kept full.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) Braced aback.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb nautical Braced
aback - adjective nautical Braced
aback
Etymologies
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Examples
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Either Obama is clueless as abox-of-rocks or he's covering for murders.
The Obama-Clinton Cabinet? We Voted for CHANGE, Not Recycling 2008
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I just brought abox of cherry tomatoes for the first time and didn't know what to do with it and here you are with a recipe waiting for me...looks delicious...
Baby potato~cherry tomato~green peas gravy Lakshmik 2007
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Date: 2010-09-23, 8:43PM EDT i have 50 boxes of cell phone cases 12 per box looking to sell all one shot $100 thats $2 abox make $$$$$$$
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She sees abox in the corner and after much lurking, discovers that it's filled with … apples.
Anime Nano! 2009
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The cost is $15 and includes five educational sessions, opportunitiesto network with other students, Denver's PR pros, and a light breakfast and abox lunch.
The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Allison Shaw 2009
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You're not going to be able to just go to the local hardware store and purchase a fan out of abox for this purpose. en Español
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