| Bow (bow) |
|---|
| v. t. | (bou) |
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| Bow |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Bowed (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n.
Bowing.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS.
b&umacr]gan (generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG.
biogan, G. |
To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend;
to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
To exercise powerful or controlling influence
over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
To bend or incline, as the head or body, in
token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to
depress,;(?) to crush; to subdue.
To express by bowing; as, to bow one's
thanks.
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To
bend; to curve.
To stop.
To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of
reverence or submission; -- often with down.
To incline the head in token of salutation,
civility, or assent; to make bow.
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An inclination of the
head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility,
or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.
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| Bow (bow) |
|---|
| n. | (b ) |
|---|
| Bow |
[OE. bowe,
boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b gan to bend; akin to
D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See Bow,
v. t.]
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Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the
rainbow.
A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other
elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an
arrow is propelled.
An ornamental knot, with projecting loops,
formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an
ox and fastens it to the yoke.
An appliance consisting of an
elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,
used in playing on a stringed instrument.
An arcograph.
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.
A rude sort of quadrant formerly
used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a
saddletree.
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| Bow (bow) |
|---|
| v. i. | (b) |
|---|
| Bow |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Bowed (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n.
Bowing.] |
To play (music) with a bow.
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| Bow (bow) |
|---|
| n. | (b&omacr]) |
|---|
| Bow |
| [Icel. bgr
shoulder, bow of a ship. See Bough.]
|
The bending or rounded part of a
ship forward; the stream or prow.
One who rows in the forward part
of a boat; the bow oar.
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