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a·stern / əˈstərn/ • adv. 1. behind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft: the engine rooms lay astern.2. (of a ship) backward: the lifeboat was carried astern by the tide.

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astern in, at, or towards the stern. XVII. f. A-1 + STERN2, after AHEAD.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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