Astern: alternatives and connections

Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

Toward the stern.

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body…

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…

The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, ri…

The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet dra…

Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.