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Meanings of aftermost in English

Aftermost.

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          Usage of aftermost in English
          1
          And so they followed into a small dining-room in the aftermost house.
          Robur the Conqueror
          2
          I was stationed to the four aftermost carronades on the quarter-deck.
          Rattlin the Reefer
          3
          The stage, well lighted, was built on the aftermost part of the deck.
          Letters to His Children
          4
          One shot cut the aftermost main-shroud; another went through the boat on the booms.
          Frank Mildmay; Or, The Naval Officer
          5
          The doors of the aftermost ones were however still closed.
          Won from the Waves
          6
          If the aftermost mast is not square-rigged, the order is foremast, main, mizzen and jigger.
          Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
          7
          Sancho was seated on the captain's stage, close to the aftermost rower on the right-hand side.
          Don Quixote
          8
          Drake, however, might be crushed piecemeal in the offing when still with his aftermost ships in the Sound.
          Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
          9
          He heard the Royal Marine sentry's heels click together as he approached the screen door to the aftermost cabins.
          Second to None
          10
          The two aftermost guns were accordingly once more very carefully pointed and fired, Captain Staunton giving the word as before.
          The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific
          11
          The leading frigate, now coming up on our starboard quarter, opened fire, and we, luffing up, returned it with our aftermost guns.
          Paddy Finn
          12
          Fred Harper was the aftermost rower; and the instructor asked him to vacate his seat, which Ben took himself, with the oar in his hands.
          The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
          Aftermost through the time