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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Unbowel :: Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
Boweries :: Boweries (pl. ) of Bower.
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..
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..
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..
Arcuately :: Arcuately (adv.) In the form of a bow.
Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..
Bowery :: Bowery (a.) Shading, like a bower; full of bowers..
Eventerate :: Eventerate (v. t.) To rip open; todisembowel.
Snying :: Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..
Bowhead :: Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale..
Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
Bowel :: Bowel (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth..
Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.
Clematis :: Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower..
Salute :: Salute (v. t.) Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc..
Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together..
Unbow :: Unbow (v. t.) To unbend.
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