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prow

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun prow has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

prown. [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.  [1913 Webster]
    "The floating vessel swum
    Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow
    rode tilting o'er the waves.
    "  [1913 Webster]
prown. 
     See Proa.  [1913 Webster]
prowa. [OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.].
     Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.  Tennyson.  [1913 Webster]
    "The prowest knight that ever field did fight."  [1913 Webster]
prown. [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.].
     Benefit; profit; good; advantage.  [1913 Webster]
    "That shall be for your hele and for your prow."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prow, n.
1 the fore-part or bow of a ship adjoining the stern.
2 a pointed or projecting front part.

Etymology
F proue f. Prov. proa or It. dial. prua f. L prora f. Gk proira

ROGET THESAURUS

prow

Front

N front, fore, forepart, foreground, face, disk, disc, frontage, facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece, anteriority, obverse (of a medal or coin), fore rank, front rank, van, vanguard, advanced guard, outpost, first line, scout, brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mut, rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib, pioneer, metoposcopy, fore, anterior, front, frontal, before, in front, in the van, in advance, ahead, right ahead, forehead, foremost, in the foreground, in the lee of, before one's face, before one's eyes, face to face, vis-a-vis, front a front, formosa muta commendatio est, frons est animi janua, Human face divine, imago animi vultus est indices oculi, sea of upturned faces.

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