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stem(me
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
stemme
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The main body or stem of a tree; also
fig.
; (b)
naut.
either the stem- or stern-post of a ship;
stem lok
, =
stampne-lok
[s.v.
stampne
n. (a)];
stem nekke
, a curved part of the stem;
stem pece
, one…
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