Prow
prow (?), n. (F. proue (cf. Sp. P the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
Wordsworth.
The floating vessel swum
Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow
rode tilting oer the waves. Milton.
prow (?), n. SeeProa.
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.
The prowest knight that ever field did
fight. Spenser.
prow , n. (OE. profit; good;
advantage. (Obs.)
That shall be for your hele and for your
prow. Chaucer.
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