Definition of bow

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Bow (n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

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Hyoganoidei :: Hyoganoidei (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins..
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.
Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..
Saddlebow :: Saddlebow (n.) The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front..
Tartan :: Tartan (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib..
Housing :: Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..
Joker :: "Joker (n.) See Rest bower, under 2d Bower..
Unbowel :: Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
Vire :: Vire (n.) An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton..
Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
Elbow :: Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another..
Roseate :: Roseate (a.) Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers..
Bowery :: Bowery (n.) A farm or plantation with its buildings.
Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Evisceration :: Evisceration (a.) A disemboweling.
Mazer :: Mazer (n.) A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.
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