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A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam. "A balsamous substance." Sterne.

An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

angles, or in the direction of her beams, and that point of the compass toward which her stern is directed. -- Beam center (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the working beam of an engine vibrates. -- Beam compass, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam, having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;…

ng under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.

To bespatter, as with mud. [R.] Sterne.

art of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

To maul or beat severely; to bruise. "In order to bemaul Yorick." Sterne.

To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up. Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne.

enewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover.

e an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.

A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." Sterne.

A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents. Bit my bit, piecemeal. Pope.

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Col. iii. 19.

A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.

or rosy color. The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. Shak.