Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters..

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Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..
Amioidei :: Amioidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
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..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..
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..
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..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..
Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.
Disembowered :: Disembowered (a.) Deprived of, or removed from, a bower..
Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bowwow :: Bowwow (a.) Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word..
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows..
Lady''s Bower :: Lady's bower () A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.
Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
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