Meaning of astern
Definition of astern
(adv)
stern
foremost
or backward; "the
steamer
went astern at
half
speed"
at or
near
or toward the
stern
of a
ship
or
tail
of an airplane; "stow the
luggage
aft"; "ships with
square
sails
sail
fairly
efficiently
with the
wind
abaft"; "the
captain
looked astern to see what the
fuss
was about"
(of a
ship
or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she
laid
comfortably
on the ebb tide"
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astern
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