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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Toxodon :: Toxodon (n.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Olecranon :: Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
Emboweled :: Emboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Embowe.
Witherband :: Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow..
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..
Roll :: Roll (v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..
Disembowelment :: Disembowelment (n.) The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration..
Amioidei :: Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Emboweler :: Emboweler (n.) One who takes out the bowels.
Bowelling :: Bowelling () of Bowe.
Imbowel :: Imbowel (v. t.) See Embowel.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Sprocket Wheel :: Spritsail (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard..
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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