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astern
/əˈstɝn/
adv 3adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
blue, dead, farther, full, half, slow
VERB + ASTERN
speed
PREP.
from
ADV.
afore
Definitions
adv
1
Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave, Mountain-like, came rowling a-stern of us, and plainly bad us expect the Coup-de-Grace.
2
In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
3
At or toward the rear of a vessel.
adj
1
Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.
When we first espied the Dutch fleet sailing towards us, our whole blue squadron was astern much farther from us, so that Prince Rupert thought it absolutely necessary to slacken sail that they might have time to join us.
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After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave, Mountain-like, came rowling a-stern of us, and plainly bad us expect the Coup-de-Grace.
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If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.
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When we first espied the Dutch fleet sailing towards us, our whole blue squadron was astern much farther from us, so that Prince Rupert thought it absolutely necessary to slacken sail that they might
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Every yachtsman knows that if the ballast of a ship be too afore or too astern.
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Full astern!
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Half astern!
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