Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

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Alcove :: Alcove (n.) A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower..
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..
Elbowed :: Elbowed (imp. & p. p.) of Elbo.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself..
Fore :: Fore (adv.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
Bowable :: Bowable (a.) Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding.
Prow :: Prow (n.) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself..
Emboweler :: Emboweler (n.) One who takes out the bowels.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Exenterate :: Exenterate (v. t.) To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Bow-pen :: Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.
Snying :: Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An arcograph.
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
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