See Also: stern-wheel(dictionary)
stern(1)(dictionary)
stern(2)(dictionary)
stern(3)(dictionary)
stern(4)(dictionary)
Stern(medicine)
Stern(encyclopedia)
stern 1, adjective(dictionary)
Stern, Heinrich(medicine)
stern 2, noun(dictionary)

stern-wheel (iou)



stern-wheel noun & verb. E19.
[from STERN noun2 + WHEEL noun.]
A. noun. A paddle-wheel positioned at the stern of a small river or lake steamer. E19.
attrib.: M. Twain You kick up the water like a stern-wheel boat.
b. verb intrans. Of a boat: move by the agency of a stern-wheel. E19.
sternwheeler noun a boat propelled by a stern-wheel M19.