(idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit. / (nautical, usually passive) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.

(obsolete, historical, derogatory) An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.

Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.

(law) Plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

(law) A plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

The place where one abides; a permanent dwelling-place. / a place of rest; a resting-place.

Alternative form of abiding-place

A black-shelled edible mollusc (Haliotis crachedorii), found off the North American Pacific coast.

(optics) An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.

The abasement of oneself.