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Stern

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To sit at the stern; At the stern of public affairs. Having the management of public affairs. The stern is the steer-erni.e. steer-place; and to sit at the stern is “to sit at the helm.”

“Sit at chiefest stern of public weal.”


Shakespeare: 1 Henry VI., i. 1.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Stelvio
Stentor
Stentorian Lungs
Stentorophonic Voice
Stepfather and Father-in-law
Stephen
Stephen’s Bread (St.)
Stephens (Joanna)
Stepney Papers
Sterling Money
Stern
Sternhold (Thomas)
Sterry (in Hudibras)
Stewing in their own Gravy
Stick
Stickler
Stiff
Stigmata
Stigmatise
Stigmites, or St. Stephen’s Stones
Stiletto of the Storm (The)