headmost

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“I feel somewhat inclined to squeak, as a hare does when a greyhound catches hold of her, but I won’t,” said Jack, as the headmost canoe got almost up to them.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

The two headmost French ships then tacked, one placing herself alongside to windward, and the other on the Glatton’s bow, while the other ships engaged her on her lee-quarter and stern.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Though he endeavoured to near them, he intended not to make any attack until the Defiance had got abreast of the headmost.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

A shot from the headmost one could now have reached us, but she appeared to be waiting for the other to get up with her.

From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The headmost fired a shot at the schooner—to try the range, I suppose—but it fell short.

From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by Kingston, William Henry Giles