"Contradistinctive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... AFT—a Saxon word contradistinctive of fore, and an abbreviation of abaft—the hinder part of the ship, or that nearest the stern.—Right aft is in a direct line with the keel from the stern.—To haul aft a sheet is to pull on the rope which brings the clue or corner of the ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth |
