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Costive :: Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

Forearm :: Forearm (n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..

Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..

Jog :: "Jog (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn..

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

Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

Grindle :: Grindle (n.) The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle.

Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder..

Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

Fast :: Fast (n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring..

Saddlebow :: Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front..

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

Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

Holster :: Holster (n.) A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle..

Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string..

Unbowel :: Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.

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