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Dejection; depression. [Obs.] Wiseman.

The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]

A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.

A design of motor-boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft.

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

gion nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble.

A native or inhabitant of the west.

Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.

Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

The last night; the night last past.

The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

f the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first lette…

Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.