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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Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence..
Stringer :: Stringer (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows..
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
Wassail :: Wassail (a.) Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl..
Toxodon :: Toxodon (n.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta..
Slop :: Slop (n.) Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc..
Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind..
Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..
Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..
Bow-bells :: Bow-bells (n. pl.) The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.
Bowldery :: Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..
Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself..
Arm :: Arm (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc..
Unbowel :: Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
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