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The man who rows the aftmost oar in a boat.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
I replaced the hatch-cover, and having resolved upon the aftmost of the four cabins as my bedroom, entered it to see what kind of accommodation it would yield me.
From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
If it displease you not, I will discharge that gun from the aftmost deck in such a manner that it shall harm no man.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
The aftmost man on the lugger's gunwale turned.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Ollivant, Alfred
The floor of it is formed by the aftmost part of the quarter-deck, and the roof of it by the poop: it is generally the habitation of the flag-captain.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
