Definition of bow

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Bow (sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

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Outbow :: Outbow (v. t.) To excel in bowing.
Arc :: Arc (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant..
Viscerate :: Viscerate (v. t.) To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel..
Fast :: Fast (n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring..
Embow :: Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.
Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.
Bow Net :: Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end..
Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..
Unbowel :: Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
Bower :: Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose.
Bowing :: Bowing (n.) In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters..
Bowel :: Bowel (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Bowed :: Bowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..
Disembowered :: Disembowered (a.) Deprived of, or removed from, a bower..
Fore :: Fore (adv.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
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