From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stern \Stern\, a.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chaser \Chas"er\, n.
1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a
hunter.
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2. (Naut.) Same as {Chase gun}, esp. in terms {bow chaser}
and {stern chaser}. See under {Bow}, {Stern}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stern chaser
n 1: a naval gun able to fire astern at a ship in chase
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