stern : Idioms & Phrases

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By the stern

  • . (Naut.) See By the head, under By.
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From stem to stern

  • (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length.
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isaac stern

  • noun United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
    Stern.
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Pink stern

  • (Naut.), a narrow stern.
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Square stern

  • (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom.
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Stern board

  • (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b).
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Stern chase

  • . (Naut.) (a) See under Chase, n. (b) A stern chaser.
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Stern chaser

  • noun a naval gun able to fire astern at a ship in chase
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  • (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit.
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Stern fast

  • (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.
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Stern frame

  • (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship.
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Stern knee

  • . See Sternson.
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Stern port

  • (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship.
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Stern sheets

  • (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, usually furnished with seats for passengers.
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Stern wheel

  • a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. thus, stern wheeler.
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stern-wheel

Stern"-wheel` adjective
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  1. Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
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stern-wheeler

Stern"-wheel`er noun
Definitions
  1. A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. Colloq. U.S.
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