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[syn: bow, fore, prow, stem]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prow \Prow\, n. [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L.
prora, Gr. ?, akin to ? before. See Pro-, and cf. Prore.]
The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the
vessel itself. --Wordsworth.
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The floating vessel swum
Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow
rode tilting o'er the waves. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prow \Prow\, n.
See Proa.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prow \Prow\, a. [Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] [OF.
prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be
useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]
Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] --Tennyson.
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The prowest knight that ever field did fight.
--Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prow \Prow\, n. [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.]
Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.]
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That shall be for your hele and for your prow.
--Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
prow
n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore,
prow, stem]