Definition of stern

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Sterling (a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense..

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Lansquenet :: Lansquenet (n.) A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
Ecclesiarch :: Ecclesiarch (n.) An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church..
Episternum :: Episternum (n.) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle..
Quercitron :: Quercitron (n.) The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria, the American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas..
Asternal :: Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
Hyposternums :: Hyposternums (pl. ) of Hyposternu.
Chaser :: Chaser (n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern..
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..
Yestern :: Yestern (a.) Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
Pelusiac :: Pelusiac (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile..
Testern :: Testern (v. t.) To present with a tester.
Shah :: Shah (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia..
Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..
Budgeness :: Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.
Cat-hole :: Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed..
Xiphisternum :: Xiphisternum (n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process..
Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) Dismay; consternation.
Klicket :: Klicket (n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties..
Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..
Polynesian :: Polynesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians..
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