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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Ottawas :: Ottawas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior..
Pink Stern :: Pink stern () See Chebacco, and 1st Pink..
Paleogaean :: Paleogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..
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.
Polo :: Polo (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback..
Quartering :: Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object..
Stern :: Stern (n.) The black tern.
Sternal :: Sternage (n.) Stern.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Sophora :: Sophora (n.) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States..
Armorican :: Armorican (a.) Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people..
Infrahyoid :: Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).
Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself..
House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in
Supratemporal :: Suprasternal (a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum..
Port :: Port (n.) The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively..
Sternomastoid :: Sternohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations..
Occidentals :: Occidentals (n.pl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.
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