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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Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
Ranunculaceous :: Ranunculaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony..
Boweled :: Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
Fletcher :: Fletcher (n.) One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
Bowstringed :: Bowstringed (p.a.) Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon..
Brimmer :: Brimmer (n.) A brimful bowl; a bumper.
Viscerate :: Viscerate (v. t.) To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel..
Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
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..
Bowless :: Bowless (a.) Destitute of a bow.
Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow..
Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..
Cap :: Cap (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope..
Leg :: Leg (v. t.) To bow.
Garbage :: Garbage (v. t.) To strip of the bowels; to clean.
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
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