headmost

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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 two headmost French ships then tacked, one placing herself alongside to windward, and the other on the Glatton’s bow, while the other ships engaged her on her lee-quarter and stern.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The headmost one, a frigate, signalled to us to heave-to, an order our captain very unwillingly obeyed.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald

“Land ahead!” was now cried out by Krantz, who was in the headmost boat, and the news was received with a shout of joy from the raft and the boats.

From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick

With a fair wind from the north-northwest Captain Foley in the Goliath at 6 p.m. reached the Guerrier, the headmost of the thirteen ships in the enemy line.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver