STERN-FAST
STERN-FAST, noun [stern and fast.] A rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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STERN-FRAME
STERN-FRAME, noun [stern and frame.] The several pieces of timber which form the stern of a ship.
STERN-PORT
STERN-PORT, noun [stern and port.] A port or opening in the stern of a ship.
STERN-POST
STERN-POST, noun [stern and post.] A straight piece of timber, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder and terminate the ship behind.
STERN-SHEETS
STERN-SHEETS, noun [stern and sheet.] That part of a boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers; usually furnished with seats for passengers.
STERN-WAY
STERN-WAY, noun [stern and way.] The movement of a ship backwards, or with her stern foremost.
STERNAGE
STERNAGE, noun Steerage or stern. [Not in use.]
STERNED
STERNED, adjective In compounds, having a stern of a particular shape; as square-sterned; pink-sterned, etc.
STERNER
STERNER, noun A director. [Not in use.]
STERNLY
STERNLY, adverb [See Stern.] In a stern manner; with an austere or stern countenance; with an air of authority.STERNLY he pronouncd the rigid interdiction.
STERNMOST
STERNMOST, adjective [stern and most.] Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as the sternmost ship in a convoy.
STERNNESS
STERNNESS, noun1. Severity of look; a look of austerity, rigor or severe authority; as the sternness of ones presence.2. Severity or harshness of manner; rigor.I have sternness ...
STERNON
STERNON, noun [Gr.] The breast bone. But sternum is chiefly or wholly used.
STERNUM
STERNUM, noun [Gr., from fixing, setting. See Starch, Stark.] The breast bone; the bone which forms the front of the human chest from the neck to the stomach.
STERNUTATION
STERNUTATION, noun [Latin] The act of sneezing.
STERNUTATIVE
STERNUTATIVE, adjective [Latin, to sneeze.] Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.
STERNUTATORY
STERNUTATORY, adjective [Latin, to sneeze.] Having the quality of exciting to sneeze.STERNUTATORY, noun A substance that provokes sneezing.
STERQUILINOUS
STERQUILINOUS, adjective [Latin, a dunghill.] Pertaining to a dunghill; mean; dirty; paltry.
STERVEN
STERVEN, to starve, not in use.
STETHESCOPE
STETHESCOPE, noun [Gr., the breast; to view.] A tubular instrument for distinguishing diseases of the stomach by sounds.
STEVE
STEVE, verb transitive [from the root of stow.] To stow, as cotton or wool in a ships hold. [Local.]
STEVEDORE
STEVEDORE, noun One whose occupation is to stow goods, packages, etc. in a ships hold.
STEVEN
STEVEN, noun An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Not in use.]
STEW
STEW, verb transitive1. To seethe or gently boil; to boil slowly in a moderate manner, or with a simmering heat; as, to stew meat; to stew applies; to stew prunes.2. To boil in ...
STEW-PAN
STEW-PAN, noun A pan in which things are stewed.
STEWARD
STEWARD, noun [G., a room. The steward was then originally a chamberlain or a butler.]1. A man employed in great families to manage the domestic concerns, superintend the other ...
STEWARDLY
STEWARDLY, adverb With the care of a steward. [Little used.]