Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To stop.

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow..

Bow :: Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled..

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

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An arcograph.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

Bow :: Bow (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.

Bow :: Bow (v. i. ) To manage the bow.

Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

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

Bow Hand :: Bow hand () The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand..

Bow Hand :: Bow hand () The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand..

Bow Net :: Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end..

Bow Net :: Bow net () A net for catching birds.

Bow Oar :: Bow oar () The oar used by the bowman.

Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.

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