PROW  , the fore-See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• SHIP

ship, the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem and its surrounding parts, hence used like " See also:

• KEEL

keel," by See also:

• METONYMY (Gr. µerwvvµia, change of name, from µEra denoting change, and avo.ia, name)

metonymy, of the ship itself . It was in old See also:

• NAVAL

naval parlance applied to the See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery of guns placed in the fore See also:

• GUN

gun-See also:

• DECK

deck . The Fr. proue and cognate forms (Ital. See also:

• PROA (Malay, prau)

proa, See also:

• PORT

Port. and Span. proa, of which the See also:

• ENGLISH

English is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation) represent See also:

• LAT

Lat. prora, itself adapted from Gr. irpuipa, formed fromapo, before, in front . From this word must be distinguished an obsolete " prow," brave, valiant, now only surviving in prowess," and representing O .