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A ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL ALL bands high to ANCHOR To drag the ANCHORS to To fish the ANCHOR To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR ASHORE to AUGER ASHORE ASTERN ATHWART ATHWART-HAWSE ATHWART the fore-foot ATHWART-SHIPS ATRIP AVAST AVERAGE AUGER AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS Search Contact us
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ASTERNASTERN (au derriere, Fr. from a and steorn, Sax.) any distance behind a ship, as opposed to a-head, which is before her. Thus, when south is a-head, or on the line to which the stem is directed, north will be astern.
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