Category:Prow

Prow, n. Etym: [f. proue (cf. Sp. & pg. proa, it. prua), l. prora, Gr. Pro-, and cf. Prore.]

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.

Prow Prow, n.

Defn: see proa.

Prow Prow, a. [compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] Etym: [of.prou, preu, f. Preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See pro-, and cf. Prude.]

Defn: valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [archaic] tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.

Prow Prow, n. Etym: [oe. & of. prou. See prow, a.]

Defn: benefit; profit; good; advantage. [obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.