Definition of bow

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Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility..

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Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..
Bower :: Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment..
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Hara-kiri :: Hara-kiri (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari..
Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Unbowelling :: Unbowelling () of Unbowe.
Hulk :: Hulk (v. t.) To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare..
Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).
Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
Constipation :: Constipation (n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness..
Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..
Bower :: Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose.
Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..
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..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..
Disembowelment :: Disembowelment (n.) The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration..
Bowlder :: Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulde.
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