headmost

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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

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

Position of the hostile fleets on the morning of the 23rd June 1795, when the headmost ships brought the rear of the enemy to action.

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

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

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Both were riding in straggling clumps, and scarcely two hundred paces separated the rearmost of the pursued from the headmost of the pursuers.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne