† sternagen.
rare.
The sterns of a fleet collectively.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. 0. 18 Follow, follow: Grapple your minds to sternage of this Nauie. View more context for this quotation
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n.a1616- to be priest
- to be put in security
- to be put in the bag
- to be put into the hat
- to be put to bed with a shovel
- to be put to one's fathers
- to be put to one's fine
- to be put to stud
- to be putty in a person's hands
- to be queer for
- to be quick off occasionally also on the mark
- to be quick off the mark
- to be quit for
- to be quit from shire and hundred
- to be quite a stranger
- to be quite honest
- to be rained on
- to be rained upon
- to be raised elevated to the bench
- to be raised promoted to the bench
- to be raised to the bench
- to be rated to the poor
- to be ready to burst
- to be ready to bust
- to be really something