stern wheeler

A ve el having a stern-wheel. stern-, pref. [STERNO-.] *stern, *sterne, v. t . [STERN, 8.] To steer, to guide, to direct. "Directing them which waie to sterne their ships."Holinshed: Descrip. of Ireland , ch. iii. ster-nạ, s. [Mod. Lat., from tern (q. v.).] Ornith.: Tern; a cosmopolitan genus of Laride, sub-family Sternine. Bill longer than Lead, nearly straight, compre ed; nostrils near middle of the beak, pierced longitudinally, pervious; legs slender, toes four, the three in front webbed; wings long, pointed; tail distinctly pointed. Sterna anglica (the Gull-billed), S. caspia (the Caspian), S. can tiaca (the Sandwich), S. doug all i (the Roseate), S. flu via til is , formerly S. hirundo (the Common), S. macrura (the Arctic), S. minuta (the Le er), and S. fuliginosa (the Sooty Tern) are the best known visitors. The species formerly known as S. fi ipes (Black Tern), S. leu copter a (White winged Black Tern), and S. leuco pare i a (Whiskered Tern) are now generally regarded as constituting the genus Hydro che lid on. They are all European birds, and are distinguished from most of the other Terns by their shorter bills, slightly forked tails, and smaller webs to the feet. *stern'-age (age as ig), s . [Eng. stern, s.; -age.] Steerage, stern. "Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy." Shakesp.: Henry V. , iii. (Chorus.) stern'-al, a. [Lat. stern ( um )=the breastbone; Eng. adj. suff. -al.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sternum or breast-bone; as, the sternal ribs. 2. On the same side as the breast-bone; anterior. sternal-ribs, s. pl. [RIB, II. 1.]