headmost
Example Sentences
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They well knew that they were but an inferior and subordinate branch of the Glendinnings, bound in perpetual feudal fealty to its headmost representative.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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
The headmost one, a frigate, signalled to us to heave-to, an order our captain very unwillingly obeyed.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
The headmost ship proved a two-decker of at least fifty guns.
From The Story of Commodore John Barry by Griffin, Martin I. J. (Martin Ignatius Joseph)
The crested leader, proud and high, Tossed his beamed frontlet to the sky, A moment gazed adown the dale, A moment snuffed the tainted gale; Then, as the headmost foe appeared.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
