LekhoriLekhoriBehind (a vessel); in the rear.
After we had row'd, or rather driven about a League and a Half, as we reckon'd it, a raging Wave, Mountain-like, came rowling a-stern of us, and plainly bad us expect the Coup-de-Grace.
In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
At or toward the rear of a vessel.
Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.
From a- (“towards”) + stern (“rear part of a vessel”).
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