different between attern vs astern

English

Etymology

From Middle English attern, from Old English ?tren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt?(?)n

Adjective

attern (comparative more attern, superlative most attern)

1. (Britain dialectal) Venomous; poisonous.
2. (Britain dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Derived terms

• attern-temper

Anagrams

• Arnett, natter, ratten, tarten, treant

Middle English

Alternative forms

• atterne, hatterne

Etymology

From Old English ?tren, ættern, from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n.

Adjective

attern

1. Containing poison; poisonous, venomous.

Descendants

• English: attern

References

• “attern, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

English

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) +? stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adverb

astern (comparative more astern, superlative most astern) (nautical)

1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
3. (obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:astern.

Antonyms

• ahead

Derived terms

• astern of

Translations

Adjective

astern (not comparable) (nautical)

1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

   If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

Usage notes

• Within the ship, the corresponding adjective is abaft. An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.

Translations

Anagrams

• Arents, Stearn, Terans, antres, arents, arnest, atrens, naters, santer, sterna, transe