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Sternway   Listen
noun
Sternway  n.  (Naut.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.






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"Sternway" Quotes from Famous Books



... the counter," said Lingard, speaking in quiet warning tones into the night. "The brig may get a lot of sternway on her should this squall ...
— The Rescue • Joseph Conrad



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