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From stem to stern

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(Naut.) from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length.

See also: Stem



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Each carried a strange banner swung from stem to stern above the upper works, and upon the prow of each was painted some odd device that gleamed in the sunlight and showed plainly even at the distance at which we were from the vessels.
The second night after the drowning of the mate the little yacht was suddenly wracked from stem to stern.
The electric light went out suddenly, and two enormous waterspouts broke over the bridge of the frigate, rushing like a torrent from stem to stern, overthrowing men, and breaking the lashings of the spars.
 
 
 
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