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

Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.

Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument..

Twang :: Twang (v. i.) To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged..

Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).

Bower :: Bower (n.) One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.

Luff :: Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.

Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..

Arblast :: Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..

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

Wreathe :: Wreathe (v. i.) To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees..

Red :: Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part..

Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..

Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment..

Mazer :: Mazer (n.) A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..

Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..

Porringer :: Porringer (n.) A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer..

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