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a-BAFT
adverb
towards the stern of the ship
1903FalkOn these days you could make out that ship at a great distance by the multi-coloured grotesque riot going on abaft her mizzen mast.1939MisfitHis mate read the exterior dials of the stereoscope. 'Plus point two, abaft one point three, slight drift astern.' He shifted to radar and added, 'Range seven nine oh four three.'1943I Walked With a ZombieEXT. DECK OF SCHOONER - NIGHT Betsy is seated on the cabin top just abaft of the foremast. She is looking out toward the sea and her expression is ecstatic. She is completely lost in the beauty that she feels, sees and smells.1979The Devil's AlternativeThe ship was heading east-northeast to clear Cape Ince, so that as he shielded his eyes and gazed abaft the beam, the noon sun was almost straight in his face.1998The Hundred DaysThe breeze is veering again, said the first. It will be abaft the beam directly.Labels: Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray, Frederick Forsyth, Joseph Conrad, Patrick O'Brian, Robert A. Heinlein
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