Definition of After part

1. Noun. The rear part of a ship.

Exact synonyms: Poop, Quarter, Stern, Tail
Terms within: Escutcheon, Skeg
Generic synonyms: Back, Rear
Group relationships: Ship

Lexicographical Neighbors of After Part

after-shaves
after-taste
after-tastes
after-the-fact
after-time
after-times
after-wit
after a fashion
after all
after bodies
after body
after damp
after dark
after hours
after one's own heart
after part (current term)
after school special
after taste
after tastes
after the Lord Mayor's show
after the fact
afterbay
afterbear
afterbears
afterbeat
afterbirth
afterbirths
afterbite
afterbites
afterbodies

Literary usage of After part

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1845)
"the after part, which is called the promenade deck) was blown off, carrying with it the wheel-house, in which the commander of the boat, Capt. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property by Floyd Russell Mechem (1901)
"Countermanding order after part delivery.— Where, therefore, after delivery and acceptance in part, the buyer refuses to accept the residue, the seller, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... being Гото through the after-part of the hole, comes up on the aft side of the first turn on the bon-sprit and down inside that part and before the ..."

4. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"... scholars commit to memory their lessons in ancient Chinese books; in the after part they write or hear the explanation of the books by the teacher. ..."

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