Definition of stern

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Stern (v. t.) The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.

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Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
Chinook :: Chinook (n.) A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.
Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching..
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
Hard-featured :: Hard-featured (a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features..
Sternutative :: Sternutation (n.) The act of sneezing.
Sternbergite :: Sternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
Easternmost :: Easternmost (a.) Most eastern.
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint..
Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States..
Cat-hole :: Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed..
Scull :: Scull (v. t.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side..
Infrasternal :: Infrasternal (a.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach..
Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern..
Gladiolus :: Gladiolus (n.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.
Wenona :: Wenona (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae..
Ark :: Ark (n.) A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
Coulee :: Coulee (n.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca–on, which has precipitous sides..
Stern-wheeler :: Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer..
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