Category:Astern

A*stern", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + stern.] (Naut.)

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

2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost.

-- To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning.

-- To drop astern, to fall or be left behind.

-- To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.