1. (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To.

2. (prep.) From.

a rebours a reculons against the grain anticlockwise arear ass-backwards astern away back backward backwards counterclockwise hindward hindwards in reverse rearward rearwards retrad widdershins