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

Three hours later the headmost vessels were at the rude piers, and the people were swarming ashore.

From Roger Davis, Loyalist by Baird, Frank

The enemy’s boats were now drawing uncomfortably near, and the headmost ones had begun to fire, though their shot did not reach us.

From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de

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

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