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sternage

sternage noun: the stern of a vessel.

Noun

sternage (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) The stern of a vessel.
    • Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy,
      And leave your England as dead midnight still.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about sternage

What does sternage mean?
Sternage means the stern of a vessel.
What part of speech is sternage?
Sternage is a noun.

Words near sternage in the dictionary

  1. Stern-Gerlach experiment
  2. stern-wheeler
  3. stern-wheelers
  4. sterna
  5. sternacostal
  6. sternage
  7. sternal
  8. sternal angle
  9. sternal angles
  10. sternalgia
  11. sternalgic

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