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Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..

Bow :: Bow (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Bow :: 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..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Snying :: Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel..

Accompany :: Accompany (v. t.) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with 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..

Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.

Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..

Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..

Bowelled :: Bowelled () of Bowe.

Elbowing :: Elbowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elbo.

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

Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Emboweled :: Emboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Embowe.

Broadside :: Broadside (n.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter..

Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..

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