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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gun pointed over the bow of a ship of war, for firing at a chased vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a
pair oflong guns mountedforward in thebow of asailing warship tofire directly ahead ; used whenchasing anenemy toshoot away hersails andrigging
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