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• Stern — For other meanings, see Stern (disambiguation). Detailed schematic of an elliptical or fantail stern[1] The stern is the rear or aft most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up …   Wikipedia

• fantail — [fan′tāl΄] n. 1. a part, tail, or end spread out like an opened fan 2. Naut. a) the overhanging portion of the stern on some ships b) the part of the main deck at the stern 3. Zool. any of various birds with a very broad tail, as a variety of… …   English World dictionary

• fantail — fan tailed, adj. /fan tayl /, n. 1. a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan. 2. one of a breed of domestic pigeons, having a fan shaped tail. 3. any of various small birds having fanlike tails, as the Old World flycatchers of the genus Rhipidura… …   Universalium

• fantail — noun 1》 a fan shaped tail or end. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. the overhanging part of the stern of a warship. 3》 a domestic pigeon of a broad tailed variety. 4》 (also fantail flycatcher) a SE Asian and Australasian flycatcher with a long tapering tail,… …   English new terms dictionary

• fantail — fan•tail [[t]ˈfænˌteɪl[/t]] n. 1) a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan 2) orn a bird having a broad, upward slanting tail, as one of a breed of domestic pigeon 3) ich fantail goldfish 4) the rounded overhang of the stern of some ships 5) coo… …   From formal English to slang

• fantail — /ˈfænteɪl / (say fantayl) noun 1. a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan. 2. one of a fancy breed of domestic pigeons with a fan shaped tail. 3. any of various small insectivorous Asian and Australasian birds of the genus Rhipidura, family… …  

• fantail — Synonyms and related words: brush, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, counter, cue, dock, heel, pigtail, poop, queue, rattail, rudderpost, stern, stub, tail, tail end, tailpiece …   Moby Thesaurus

• stern — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, Spartanic, adamant, adamantine, afterpart, afterpiece, arse, ascetic, ass, astringent, austere, authoritarian, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, beam, behind, bottom, breech, bum, butt, can,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fantail — n. 1 a pigeon with a broad shaped tail. 2 any flycatcher of the genus Rhipidura, with a fan shaped tail. 3 a fan shaped tail or end. 4 the fan of a windmill. 5 the projecting part of a boat s stern. Derivatives: fantailed adj …   Useful english dictionary

• USS Edwards (DD-619) — was a Gleaves class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named Edwards , and the first named for Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards (1886–1926), who as commander of USS Bainbridge in 1922 rescued nearly five… …   Wikipedia

• DSV Alvin — ALVIN redirects here. For other uses, see Alvin. Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. Alvin (DSV 2) is a manned deep ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole… …   Wikipedia