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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Elbowing :: Elbowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elbo.
Elbow :: Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another..
Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..
Bloody Flux :: Bloody flux () The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood..
Prod :: Prod (n.) A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd..
Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
Underhand :: Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
Under-arm :: Under-arm (a.) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm..
Boweled :: Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow.
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..
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..
Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..
Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..
Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..
Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Bowel :: Bowel (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Overbow :: Overbow (v. t.) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
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