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at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
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- Terry looked abaft himself and saw that the fearsome man had indeed gone.
- He broke into air 2 meters (6.5 feet) abaft of the sheltered interior of the starboard paddlewheel. INCA GOLD
- Directly abaft the capstan was the fore-hatch, over which lay the path of those who walked around at the bars. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
- She's been needing new timbers abaft the beam there for years," quoth Captain Glass. THE DEVILS OF FUATINO
- The blizzard made it impossible to see anything abaft of the bridge.
- The hooker needed no looking after in such weather as this, and the only individual, beside ourselves, abaft the mainmast was the helmsman. The Castaways
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- He made his way to the yam sacks lashed abaft the mizzenmast and got his bottle. CHAPTER XI
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