Definition of bow

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Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

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Rebec :: Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
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..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..
Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..
Evisceration :: Evisceration (a.) A disemboweling.
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility..
Saddlebow :: Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front..
Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..
Dingle :: Dingle (n.) A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley..
Disembowered :: Disembowered (a.) Deprived of, or removed from, a bower..
Puddening :: Puddening (n.) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat..
Bowel :: Bowel (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth..
Exenterate :: Exenterate (v. t.) To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes..
Embowel :: Embowel (v. t.) To disembowel.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..
Profound :: Profound (a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow..
Cupid :: Cupid (n .) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow..
Ulnar :: Ulnar (a.) Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve..
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