Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..

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Cubit :: Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger..
Bowling :: Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow..
Sprocket Wheel :: Spritsail (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard..
Bowhead :: Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale..
Imbowment :: Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.
Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Cycloganoidei :: Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Peak :: Peak (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it..
Triceps :: Triceps (n.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow..
Bow Net :: Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end..
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Roundness :: Roundness (n.) The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc..
Disentrail :: Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The game of tenpins or bowling.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..
Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..
Violin :: Violin (n.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle..
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