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Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..

Tucum :: Tucum (n.) A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber..

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..

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Dimble :: Dimble (n.) A bower; a dingle.

Boltsprit :: Boltsprit (n.) See Bowsprit.

Cringe :: Cringe (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility..

Disembowel :: Disembowel (v. t.) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider..

Billethead :: Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off..

Bouldery :: Bouldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Bowstrung :: Bowstrung () of Bowstrin.

Bowyer :: Bowyer (n.) An archer; one who uses bow.

Disembowelment :: Disembowelment (n.) The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration..

Outbowed :: Outbowed (a.) Convex; curved outward.

Cock :: Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

Arquated :: Arquated (a.) Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.

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

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

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

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