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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Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Bowyer :: Bowyer (n.) An archer; one who uses bow.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
Arrow :: Arrow (n.) A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow..
Ginglymus :: Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle..
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
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..
Unboweled :: Unboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Unbowe.
Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled..
Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An arcograph.
Curvant :: Curvant (p. pr.) Bowed; bent; curved.
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