a., superl. rare–1. [f. FORWARD a. + -MOST.] Most to the front, foremost; nearest.
1834. M. Scott, Cruise Midge (1863), 24. We could see a tiny flash in the south-east, that for a moment lit up the outline of the black sail of the felucca, making the sweeps and figures of the men that pulled them appear as black as ebony, between us and the flash of the forwardmost gun.
