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

Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Cubit :: Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger..

Bowls :: Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game..

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..

Arcuated :: Arcuated (a.) Bent or curved in the form of a bow.

Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.

Bowstring :: Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.

Brimmer :: Brimmer (n.) A brimful bowl; a bumper.

Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Vermination :: Vermination (n.) A griping of the bowels.

Steeve :: Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..

Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled..

Jack :: Jack (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..

Phantasmatography :: Phantasmatography (n.) A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Overhang :: Overhang (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

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