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• stern-foremost — stern foreˈmost adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑stern …   Useful english dictionary

• stern — 1. adj. severe, grim, strict; enforcing discipline or submission (a stern expression; stern treatment). Phrases and idioms: the sterner sex men. Derivatives: sternly adv. sternness n. Etymology: OE styrne, prob. f. a Gmc root = be rigid 2. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stern — 1. adj. severe, grim, strict; enforcing discipline or submission (a stern expression; stern treatment). Phrases and idioms: the sterner sex men. Derivatives: sternly adv. sternness n. Etymology: OE styrne, prob. f. a Gmc root = be rigid 2. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• STERN, CHAIM — (1930–2001) U.S., Reform rabbi, liturgist. Stern, acknowledged as the foremost liturgist of Reform Judaism, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied in Orthodox yeshivot as a child, but the Holocaust caused him to become   far more secular than …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• 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

• Stern (disambiguation) — The stern is the rear or aft part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship.Stern may also… …   Wikipedia

• William Stern — This article is about the German psychologist William Lewis Stern. William Stern is also the name of the father in the 1986 1988 Baby M custody battle. William Lewis Stern (April 29, 1871 March 27, 1938), born Wilhelm Louis Stern, was a German… …   Wikipedia

• Julius Stern — (8 August 1820 ndash; 27 February 1883) was a German musician.Stern was born at Breslau. He received his elementary education in music from the violinist Peter Lüstner, and at the age of nine played at concerts. In 1832 his parents removed to… …   Wikipedia

• sternforemost — stern•fore•most [[t]ˌstɜrnˈfɔr moʊst, ˈfoʊr [/t]] adv. 1) naut. navig. with the stern foremost 2) awkwardly; with difficulty • Etymology: 1830–40 …   From formal English to slang

• sternway — stern•way [[t]ˈstɜrnˌweɪ[/t]] n. naut. navig. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost • Etymology: 1760–70 …   From formal English to slang

• sternforemost — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ adverb Etymology: stern (V) + foremost : with the stern in advance : backward; also : awkwardly * * * /sterrn fawr mohst, fohr / or, esp. Brit., / meuhst/, adv …   Useful english dictionary