Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline..

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Leg :: Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food..
Bowssen :: Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties)..
Bowhead :: Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale..
Disentrail :: Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Disembowel :: Disembowel (v. t.) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider..
Painter :: Painter (n.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..
Bowing :: Bowing (n.) In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting..
Bowelless :: Bowelless (a.) Without pity.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl..
Embow :: Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.
Loof :: Loof (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
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