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Bible Dictionaries
Bow
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
(2):
(v. t.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
(3):
(sing. or pl.) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
(4):
(v. t.) 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.
(5):
(v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; - often with down.
(6):
(n.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
(7):
(v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
(8):
(v. t.) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
(9):
(v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
(10):
(v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
(11):
(n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
(12):
(v. i.) To bend; to curve.
(13):
(v. i.) To stop.
(14):
(v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.
(15):
(v. i.) To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
(16):
(n.) 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.
(17):
(v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
(18):
(v. i.) To manage the bow.
(19):
(v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
(20):
(v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
(21):
(v. t.) 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.
(22):
(v. t.) An arcograph.
(23):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bow.html. 1828.
