Difference between revisions of "Stern"

<p> (1): (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) Fig.: The post of management or direction. </p> <p> (4): (v. t.) The hinder part of anything. </p> <p> (5): (v. t.) The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog. </p> <p> (6): (n.) The black tern. </p> <p> (7): (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. </p> <p> (8): (a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. </p>

<p> STERN, a. G., staring stubborn. See Stare, Starck, Stark, with which this word is probably connected. </p> 1. Severe austere fixed with an aspect of severity and authority as a stern look a stern countenance a stern frown. <p> I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. </p> 2. Severe of manner rigid harsh cruel. <p> [[Stern]] as tutors, and as uncles hard. </p> <p> [[Ambition]] should be made of sterner stuff. </p> 3. [[Hard]] afflictive. <p> If wolves had at thy gate howld that stern time. </p> 4. Rigidly stedfast immovable. <p> Stern virtue is the growth of few soils. </p> <p> STERN, n. </p> 1. The hind part of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat the part opposite to the stern or prow. This part of a ship is terminated by the tafferel above, and by the counters below. 2. [[Post]] of management direction. <p> An sit at chiefest stern of public weal. Not in use. We now say, to sit at the helm. </p> 3. The hinder part of any thing. Not elegant. <p> By the stern, is a phrase which denotes that a ship is more deeply laden abaft than forward. </p>

<div> 1: Πρύμνα (Strong'S #4403 — Noun [[Feminine]] — prumna — proom'-nah ) </div> <p> the feminine form of the adjective prumnos, "hindmost," is rendered "stern" in Acts 27:29; and in the RV in Acts 27:41; Mark 4:38 . See [[Part]] , A, [[Note]] (2). </p>

<p> (πρύμνα ), the hinder part of a ship (as the word is rendered in Mark 4:38; Acts 27:41), out of which the anchors were anciently fastened (Acts 27:29). (See [[Ship]]). </p>