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Aftermost   Listen
adjective
Aftermost  adj. superl.  
1.
Hindmost; opposed to foremost.
2.
(Naut.) Nearest the stern; most aft.





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"Aftermost" Quotes from Famous Books



... a good deal of laughter Dinny crossed over the crocodile river on the top of the tilt; while, as much alarmed as he, the dogs, taught by experience, kept close behind the aftermost oxen's heels, swimming with the protection of the ...
— Off to the Wilds - Being the Adventures of Two Brothers • George Manville Fenn
... of the Roman triumphs, when the excellent legendaries recited in verse and prose, anything they chose concerning the hero in whose deeds they had shared and whose triumphs they were celebrating. The stage, well lighted, was built on the aftermost part of the deck. We sat in front with the officers, and the sailors behind us in masses on the deck, on the aftermost turrets, on the bridge, and even in the fighting top of the aftermost mast. It was interesting to see ...
— Letters to His Children • Theodore Roosevelt
... sunken several feet, commencing at the aftermost bulk-head of the cabins of the subordinate officers, in a manner to give the necessary height, without interfering with the line of the brigantine's shear. The arrangement was consequently not to be seen, by an ...
— The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas • James Fenimore Cooper


Words linked to "Aftermost" :   aft


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