or ABA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Phocis in Greece, near Helicon; famous for an oracle, of Apollo older than that at Delphi, and for a rich temple which was plundered and burnt by the Persians.

a sea term, signifying the hinder part of a ship, or all those parts both within and without which lie towards the stern, in opposition to AFORE; which see.—Abaft, is also used as a preposition, and signifies further aft, or nearer the stern; as, the barricade stands abaft the main-mast, i.e. behind it, or nearer the stern.