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Definition of To be astern of the reckoning

To be astern of the reckoning
Astern A*stern", adv. [Pref. a- + stern.] (Naut.) 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. ``A gale of wind right astern.' --De Foe. ``Left this strait astern.' --Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. To drop astern, to fall or be left behind. To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.

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- most senior of the White Star Line's captains, ordered her engines to be put "full astern". The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet...
- going astern. But with the Kort Nozzle, the ahead and astern thrust is the same. Other advantages of the nozzle are the ship can be steered astern which...
- filling of these sails moves the ship ahead or astern, so allowing it to be kept in the best part of the channel. A jib and the spanker are used to help...
- to go astern but this failed when the stress fractured the ship's propeller. Driven onto the sandbank, the vessel began to take on water and as the tide...
- surge (longitudinal axis, forward/astern) sway (lateral axis, starboard/port) heave (vertical axis, up/down) and the other three rotation: roll (rotation...
- decided to surface astern of this ship, which would panic the convoy and cause it to scatter. After the convoy broke up, Wahoo would use her deck gun to sink...
- to break a badly-sewn ship, and confusing enough to throw all reckoning out the window and lure pilots into grievous errors. The temptation would be to...
- Commanding Officer of Pollux had just entered the bridge from the chart house, and immediately gave the order for full speed astern, hard right rudder...
- to evade deadly crossfire from astern, smashed through the stack and into the bridge. The front of the ship was doused in flaming gasoline, and the ship's...
- and astern. The dragon-like figurehead emitted sulfurous smoke and created a smokescreen to obscure the ship's movements. Narrow slits between the gun...