By the stern. (Naut.) See By the head, under By.
Stern, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Stern board (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making
a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b). -- Stern
chase. (Naut.) (a) See under Chase, n. (b) A stern chaser. -- Stern
chaser (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward,
and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. -- Stern fast (Naut.),
a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a
wharf or buoy. -- Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms
the stern of a ship. -- Stern knee. See Sternson. -- Stern port
(Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. -- Stern sheets
(Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the
aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for
passengers. -- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the
steamboat which it propels.
Stern"age (?), n. Stern. [R.] Shak.
Ster"nal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region
of the sternum.
Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.
Stern"berg*ite (?), n. [So named after Count Kaspar Sternberg of
Prague.] (Min.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft
flexible laminæ varying in color from brown to black.
||Ster"ne*bra (?), n.; pl. Sternebræ (#). [NL., fr. sternum + - bra of
||vertebra.] (Anat.) One of the segments of the sternum. --
||Ster"ne*bral (#), a.
Sterned (?), a. Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in
composition; as, square- sterned.
Stern"er (?), n. [See 3d Stern.] A director. [Obs. & R.] Dr. R. Clerke.
Stern`fore"most` (?), adv. With the stern, instead of the bow, in
advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
A fatal genius for going sternforemost.
Lowell.
Ster"nite (?), n. [From Sternum.] (Zoöl.) The sternum of an arthropod
somite.
Stern"ly (?), adv. In a stern manner.
Stern"most` (?), a. Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the
sternmost ship in a convoy.
Stern"ness, n. The quality or state of being stern.
Ster"no- (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection
with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.
Ster`no*cor"a*coid (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and
the coracoid.
Ster`no*cos"tal (?), a. [Sterno- + costal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
Ster`no*hy"oid (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the
hyoid bone or cartilage.
Ster`no*mas"toid (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and
the mastoid process.
Ster`no*thy"roid (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and
the thyroid cartilage.
Stern"post` (?), n. (Naut.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar
or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder,
and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.