Definition of bow

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

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Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
Stump :: Stump (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Sternite :: Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner..
Bow :: Bow (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Peak :: Peak (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it..
Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To stop.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Starboard :: Starboard (v. t.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port..
Evisceration :: Evisceration (a.) A disemboweling.
Viol :: Viol (n.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings..
Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
Elbow :: Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Bowgrace :: Bowgrace (n.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
Bow :: Bow (v. i. ) To manage the bow.
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