"Stern" is a word in ENGLISH
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature,
manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed;
unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a
sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern
decree.
The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a
dog.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a
boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
The hinder part of anything.
Fig.: The post of management or direction.
The black tern.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
Read the complete definitionToward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
Read the complete definitionA written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made volun-tnrily, and confirmed by the oath or afflrma-tion of the.party …
Read the complete definitionNear or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
Read the complete definitionTo ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as …
Read the complete definitionNearest the stern; most aft.
Read the complete definitionNearest the stern.
Read the complete definitionToward the stern.
Read the complete definitionAn ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Read the complete definitionRough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
Read the complete definitionIn or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Read the complete definitionStern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
Read the complete definitionatras {4} stern, rear of a boat. v [A] {1a} for a boat to back up.
Read the complete definitionSevere in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
Read the complete definitionSeverely; rigidly; sternly.
Read the complete definitionA carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
Read the complete definitionA projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
Read the complete definitionA witness testifies on “be-half” of the party who calls him, notwith-standing his evidence proves to be adverse to that …
Read the complete definitionTo give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed …
Read the complete definitionA round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run …
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