Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit.
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Examples
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And the port stern-chaser spoke with stunning concussion.
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And the port stern-chaser spoke with stunning concussion.
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Back-scuttler, bum-jumper, arse king, gentleman of the back door, shit-hunter, gut-fucker, stern-chaser who navigates the windward passage: as though all their street expressions were ultimately without meaning for them.
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Back-scuttler, bum-jumper, arse king, gentleman of the back door, shit-hunter, gut-fucker, stern-chaser who navigates the windward passage: as though all their street expressions were ultimately without meaning for them.
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These large prahus are too heavy to pull well, though they carry thirty, forty, and even fifty oars: their armament is one or two six-pounders in the bow, one four-pounder stern-chaser, and a number of swivels, besides musketry, spears, and swords.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
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She was a little larger than the _James_ in length and beam, but had carried no armament other than the now damaged stern-chaser.
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No sooner does our old stern-chaser spy her than he slides down to the groun ', an' risin 'up on his hind legs, throws out his chest, an' cocks his eye at her, for all the world like a man when he sees a pretty girl comin 'his way.
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My father casting about, as the chase progressed, to put us on better terms of defence, suggested unlashing this gun and running her aft for a stern-chaser.
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So down he went to the cabin, and up he came again to find Mr. Job with his best coat-tails spread, seated on the carriage of the _Pride's_ stern-chaser.
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This action rather alarmed the sailors, who feared that their commander, Lieut. Burrows, whose character was unknown to them, intended to avoid the enemy, and was rigging the long gun for a stern-chaser.
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