Defn: The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel
itself. Wordsworth.
The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode
tilting o'er the waves. Milton.
PROW
Prow, n.
Defn: See Proa.
PROW
Prow, a. [Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] Etym: [OF.prou, preu, F.
preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf.
Prude.]
Defn: Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson.
The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.
PROW
Prow, n. Etym: [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.]
Defn: Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.]
That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.
PROWESS
Prow"ess, n. Etym: [OF. proece, proesce, F. prouesse. See Prow, a.]
Defn: Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak.
PROWL
Prowl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Prowling.] Etym:
[OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen,
a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. Proke.]