afterpart

Example Sentences

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Its afterpart stands clear and showing its skin, like a dissected whale, but its forward part is enclosed in a big tank of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

It seemed to embrace the whole afterpart of the ship, and everything one of the forked tongues of fire was projected against burst into flame itself.

From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.

The afterpart of the pamphlet is devoted to a curious examination of the qualities of the letters of the Greek and Roman alphabets.

From James Otis, the pre-revolutionist by Ridpath, John Clark

Meantime the sea had made a breach over the afterpart of the ship, carrying away portions of the bulwarks.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor