See aback.
·adv Behind; in the rear. II. Aback ·noun An <<Abacus>>. III. Aback ·adv Toward the back or rear; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The situation of a ship's sails when the wind bears against their front surfaces. They are laid abac...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>. II. Laid ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>. ...
A fisherman's name for the pollack. Also, a term in rope-making, the twist being the lay; single-lai...
To brace the yards in, so as to lay the sails aback. ♦ To brace about, to turn the yards round for...
When all the sails are blown with their after-surface against the mast, so as to give stern-way. ...
This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern. ...
·- ·see under <<Laid>>. ...
·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans. ...
·adj Made in the manner of a hawser. ·cf. Cable-laid, and see ·Illust. of Cordage. ...
·adj Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. ·see ·Illust...
·adj Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; — said of rope. ·see ...
·adj Having a left-hand twist; — said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope. ...
A term used sometimes for hove to, but when a vessel lays to the sails are kept full. As in a gale o...
A vessel dismantled and moored in a harbour, either for want of employment, or as unfit for further ...
The combination in the larger cordage, also known as hawser-laid. ...
Rope made from a selection of the best yarns of old rope. Also, a sea-dish made of the salt-fish l...
Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...
Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...
The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand. ...
Pawned. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose