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Nock :: Nock (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a 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..

Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..

Imbowel :: Imbowel (v. t.) See Embowel.

Eventerate :: Eventerate (v. t.) To rip open; todisembowel.

Twang :: Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring..

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..

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

Temple :: Temple (n.) One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place..

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

Bowyer :: Bowyer (n.) One who makes or sells bows.

Archery :: Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Disbowel :: Disbowel (v. t.) To disembowel.

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

Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..

Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..

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

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