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Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

Nearest the stern; most aft.

Nearest the stern.

Toward the stern.

nts to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

dians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia.

The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.

center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

roörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n.

e light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

ant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.

annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.