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Work :: Work (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic..

Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment..

Outbowed :: Outbowed (a.) Convex; curved outward.

Bowbent :: Bowbent (a.) Bent, like a bow..

Olecranon :: Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc..

Ballista :: Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles..

Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Draught :: Draught (n.) The drawing of a bowstring.

Disentrail :: Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails..

Amia :: Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin..

Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).

Painter :: Painter (n.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything..

Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

Borborygm :: Borborygm (n.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.

Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Bowed :: Bowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.

Billethead :: Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off..

Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

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