Definition of stern

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Stern (superl.) 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..

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Sterquilinous :: Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
Nyentek :: Nyentek (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor..
Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco..
Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..
Sternway :: Sternutatory (n.) A sternutatory substance or medicine.
Mesosternal :: Mesosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
Postern :: Postern (a.) Back; being behind; private.
Dakota Group :: Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.
Anamese :: Anamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia..
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Sternbergite :: Sternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Polynesian :: Polynesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians..
Northeastern :: Northeastern (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
Eastern :: Eastern (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage..
Ashantee :: Ashantee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
Keel :: Keel (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson..
Sternforemost :: Sterner (n.) A director.
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