Difference between revisions of "Stern"

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* [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stern Stern] - Nautical: the rear portion of a ship.
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* '''stern:''' (''nautical'') the rear portion of a ship
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** [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stern Stern]
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* '''John Sterne:''' Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral before [[Jonathan Swift]]
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* '''Laurence Sterne:''' Irish-born author of ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy'' → 003.04: [[Tristram|Sir Tristram]]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0360&isize=L Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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* '''Sterne:''' (''German'') stars → Stella & Vanessa (''Stella'' is Latin for ''star'', while Vanessa suggests Venus, the morning/evening star)

Revision as of 12:47, 18 October 2010

  • stern: (nautical) the rear portion of a ship
  • Sterne: (German) stars → Stella & Vanessa (Stella is Latin for star, while Vanessa suggests Venus, the morning/evening star)