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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Sterned :: Sternebra (n.) One of the segments of the sternum.
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..
Balcony :: Balcony (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..
Occidentals :: Occidentals (n.pl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.
Ghoul :: Ghoul (n.) An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies..
Mackinaw :: Mackinaw () A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, b
Yesternight :: Yesternight (adv.) On the last night.
Unrelenting :: Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
Frown :: Frown (v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look..
Enlarge :: Enlarge (v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
Budgeness :: Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.
Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) Dismay; consternation.
Cistern :: Cistern (n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids..
Broadbill :: Broadbill (n.) A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck..
Hyacinth :: Hyacinth (n.) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth..
Pink Stern :: Pink stern () See Chebacco, and 1st Pink..
Frank :: Frank (a.) A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..
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