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Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Embow :: Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.

Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence..

Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

Melaena :: Melaena (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood..

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..

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

Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..

Underhand :: Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow..

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

Wind :: Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind..

Prow :: Prow (n.) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself..

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

Chaser :: Chaser (n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern..

Loof :: Loof (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind..

Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare..

Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.

Palette :: Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball..

Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..

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