headmost
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At seven o'clock the headmost ships were dismasted; a fire-raft was observed dropping down from them on the Orion.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir
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
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
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)
She was, before morning of the 23rd, the headmost ship of the fleet; and, before six o'clock, was the first which actually began the action with one of the enemy's largest ships.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir
