[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stern \stern\, a.
   being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
   1913 webster

   stern board naut., a going or falling astern; a loss of
      way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. see
      board, n., 8
   b .

   stern chase. naut.
   a see under chase, n.
   b a stern chaser.

   stern chaser naut., a cannon placed in a ship's stern,
      pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in
      pursuit.

   stern fast naut., a rope used to confine the stern of a
      ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.

   stern frame naut., the framework of timber forms the
      stern of a ship.

   stern knee. see sternson.

   stern port naut., a port, or opening, in the stern of a
      ship.

   stern sheets naut., that part of an open boat which is
      between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, --
      usually furnished with seats for passengers.

   stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the
      steamboat which it propels.
      1913 webster
see also:
stern board board stern chase chase stern chaser stern fast 
stern frame stern knee sternson stern port stern sheets 
stern wheel 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chase \chase\, n. cf. f. chasse, fr. chasser. see chase, v.
   1. vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing,
      as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any
      object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a
      hunt. "this mad chase of fame." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            you see this chase is hotly followed. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is pursued or hunted.
      1913 webster

            nay, warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
            for i myself must hunt this deer to death. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. an open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is
      private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is
      not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed.
      sometimes written chace. eng.
      1913 webster

   4. court tennis a division of the floor of a gallery,
      marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball
      falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must
      drive his ball in order to gain a point.
      1913 webster

   chase gun naut., a cannon placed at the bow or stern of
      an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in
      defending the vessel when pursued.

   chase port naut., a porthole from which a chase gun is
      fired.

   stern chase naut., a chase in which the pursuing vessel
      follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.

   cut to the chase film, a term used in action movies
      meaning, to shift the scene to the most exciting part,
      where someone is being chased. it is used metaphorically
      to mean "get to the main point".
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
chase chase gun chase port stern chase cut to the chase 

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