adverb Towards the back or rear; backwards. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
adverb In the rear; a distance behind.
adverb By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
adverb Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.