Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled..

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Bowstringing :: Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstrin.
Mazer :: Mazer (n.) A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.
Twang :: Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring..
Sagittary :: Sagittary (n.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver..
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
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..
Unboweling :: Unboweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbowe.
Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..
Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other..
Curvant :: Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.
Bowery :: Bowery (n.) A farm or plantation with its buildings.
Boweling :: Boweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowe.
Leg :: Leg (v. t.) To bow.
Bowwow :: Bowwow (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
Unbowelled :: Unbowelled () of Unbowe.
Water Gall :: Water gall () A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow..
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