Aback

adv.	1.	Toward the back or rear; backward.
	2.	Behind; in the rear.
	3.	(Naut.) Backward against the mast; - said of the sails when pressed by the wind. 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.
n.	1.	An abacus.

Adv.	1.	aback - having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
	2.	aback - by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

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