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Bowstringed :: Bowstringed (imp. & p. p.) of Bowstrin.

Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..

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..

Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels..

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..

Stonebrash :: Stonebow (n.) A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.

Dingle :: Dingle (n.) A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley..

Steeve :: Steeve (v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..

Imbower :: Imbower (v. t. & i.) See Embower.

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

Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..

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

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..

Ancon :: Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow..

Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..

Crossbower :: Crossbower (n.) A crossbowman.

Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

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