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In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling.

at portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the…

Most eastern.

Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.

Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

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

magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

ndians, 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.

n 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.

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.

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

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

rcular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence: