'By the stern' definitions:
Definition of 'By the stern'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS. ste['o]rn. [root]166. See Steer, v. t.]
- 1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: The post of management or direction. [1913 Webster]
- And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. [1913 Webster]
- By the stern. (Naut.) See By the head, under By. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'By the stern'
- Stern,
- Sterned,
- Sternly,
- Sternness,
- sterne,
- From stem to stern,
- Pink stern,
- Square stern,
- Stern board,
- Stern chase,
- Stern chaser,
- Stern fast,
- Stern frame,
- Stern knee,
- Stern port,
- Stern sheets,
- Stern wheel,
- Torpedo stern,
- Tunnel stern,
- isaac stern,
- laurence sterne,
- stern gallery,
- Pink-sterned,
- Stern-wheel,
- Stern-wheeler,
- austere forbidding stern