What is the after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow called?
stern — (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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