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a·stern

   [uh-sturn]
adverb
1.
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft: The cutter was following close astern.
2.
in a backward direction: The steamer went astern at half speed.
Origin:
1620–30; a-1 + stern2
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astern (əˈstɜːn)
 
—adv, —adj
1.  at or towards the stern
2.  with the stern first: full speed astern!
3.  aft of the stern of a vessel

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astern
1620s, from a- "on" + stern (n.).
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