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PROW,noun [Latin prora.]

1. The forepart of a ship.

2. In seamen's language, the beak or pointed cutwater of a xebec or galley. The upper part is usually furnished with a grating platform.

3. The name of a particular kind of vessel used in the East Indian seas.

PROW, adjective Valiant. [Not in use.]