headmost

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This arrangement was made as we pulled towards the headmost prahu.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles

With a fair wind from the north-northwest Captain Foley in the Goliath at 6 p.m. reached the Guerrier, the headmost of the thirteen ships in the enemy line.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

Our headmost ships denoted by signal that they consisted of fourteen sail of the line and eleven frigates.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

It was with great delight I found the Orion sail extremely well, and in the morning we were one of the headmost ships of the squadron.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

The two schools unite in various degrees; but are always distinguishably generic, the two headmost masters representing each being Tintoret and Perugino.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John