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Bow Hand :: Bow hand () The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand..

Dogfish :: Dogfish (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.

Arbalister :: Arbalister (n.) A crossbowman.

Unbow :: Unbow (v. t.) To unbend.

Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..

Chevron :: Chevron (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat..

Bowwow :: Bowwow (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.

Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along..

Bowsprit :: Bowsprit (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Bowstringing :: Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstrin.

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc..

Curvant :: Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.

Flux :: Flux (n.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux..

Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..

Snying :: Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel..

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