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Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..

Bowbell :: Bowbell (n.) One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.

Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare..

Bower :: Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment..

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Port :: Port (n.) The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively..

Embower :: Embower (v. i.) To lodge or rest in a bower.

Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale..

Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow..

Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).

Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..

Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together..

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

High-embowed :: High-embowed (a.) Having lofty arches.

Stump :: Stump (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket..

Bowse :: Bowse (n.) A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

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