prow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prow	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for prow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prow n front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow, stem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prow \Prow\, n. [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L. prora, Gr. [?], akin to [?] before. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prore}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prow \Prow\, a. [Compar. {Prower}; superl. {Prowest}.] [OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Prude}.] Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] --Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prow \Prow\, n. See {Proa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prow \Prow\, n. [OE. & OF. prou. See {Prow}, a.] Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. --Chaucer.