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Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Cringe :: Cringe (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility..

Witherband :: Witherband (n.) A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow..

Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Tazza :: Tazza (n.) An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it..

Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one..

Elbowroom :: Elbowroom (n.) Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.

Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..

Leg :: Leg (v. t.) To bow.

Cubital :: Cubital (n.) A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.

Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..

Emboweler :: Emboweler (n.) One who takes out the bowels.

Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.

Catharical :: Catharical (a.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.

Porringer :: Porringer (n.) A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer..

Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27..

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