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Webster 1913 Edition
Astern
A-stern′
,adv.
 [Pref. 
a- 
+ stern
.] (Naut.) 
1. 
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; 
as, to go 
. astern
2. 
Behind a ship; in the rear. 
“A gale of wind right astern.” De Foe. 
“Left this strait astern.” Drake. 
To bake astern
, to go stern foremost. 
– To be astern of the reckoning
, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. 
– To drop astern
, to fall or be left behind. 
– To go astern
, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.
 Webster 1828 Edition
Astern
ASTERN'
,adv.
  1.
  In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards the hinder part, or backwards; as, to go astern.2.
  Behind a ship, at any indefinite distance.Definition 2025
aștern
aștern
See also: astern
Romanian
Verb
aștern
- first-person singular present tense form of așterne.
 - first-person singular subjunctive form of așterne.
 - third-person plural present tense form of așterne.