stear-

1. variant of stearo- before a vowel:

   stearate.

Example Sentences

I hope, my dearest, we shall always stear clear of such unnatural Fashions.

From Project Gutenberg

"Our boat's rudder is gone, but we can stear with an oar," he said, in a weak-quavering voice—the thin high-pitched treble of age.

From Project Gutenberg

Great caution and much attention is required to Stear Clear of all those dificuelties in this low State of the water.

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