Pronunciation : Prow
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L. prora, Gr. Pro-, and cf. Prore.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prow
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Proa.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prow
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OF.prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]
Definition : Defn: Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.
[Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prow
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.]
Definition : Defn: Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913