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Definition of Sterns
1. stern [n] - See also: stern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterns
Literary usage of Sterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and drave their steeds within, And waged the battle by the galleys' sterns
With brass-tipp'd lances hand to hand, themselves Still fighting from their ..."
2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"IK consequence of an article which appeared in the 18th Number of the Edinburgh
Philosophical Journal, on the Circular sterns for Ships of War, ..."
3. Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Sturbridge (Mass.) (1906)
"STEARNS (see sterns), Asahel [dup. sterns] and Captivity Smith, int. Dec. 22, 1783.
... sterns (see Stearns), Reuben [dup. and dup. int. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1831)
"Round sterns. By a Con RESPONDENT. IN some former numbers of this Journal, in
the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, and also in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, ..."
5. Ship-building in Iron and Wood by Andrew Murray, Robert Murray, Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1863)
"This bow answered the desired purpose in every respect ; and it is considered
that the unprotected bows and sterns of our iron-cased iron ships, ..."
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