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abaca
abaci
aback
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abada
Abadan
Abaddon
abafana
abaft
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abaft
a·baft [ ə báft ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
at rear: toward the rear of a boat


preposition 
Definition:
 
behind: to the rear of an area on a boat
[14th century. < Old English an + be (see by1) + æften "behind"]
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