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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROW,n. [L. prora.]
1. The forepart of a ship.
2. In seamen's language, the beak or pointed cutwater of a xebec or galley. The upper part is usually furnished with a grating platform.
3. The name of a particular kind of vessel used in the East Indian seas.
PROW, a. Valiant. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pru, prou — more at proud Date: 14th century archaic valiant, gallant II. noun Etymology: Middle French proue, probably from Old Italian dialect prua, from Latin prora, from Greek pr?ira Date: 1555 1. the bow of a ship ; stem 2. a pointed projecting front part

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prow Prow, n. [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.] Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prow Prow, n. See Proa.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(prows) The prow of a ship or boat is the front part of it. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bow, beak.