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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Bowing}.] To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), n. [Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship. See {Bough}.] 1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. 2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. {Bow chaser} (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. --Totten. {Bow piece}, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship. {On the bow} (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within 45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. i. 1. To bend; to curve. [Obs.] 2. To stop. [Archaic] They stoop, they bow down together. --Is. xlvi. 2? 3. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. --Ps. xcv. 6. 4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow. Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Bowing}.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen AS b[=u]gan (generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen OHG. biogan, G. biegen beugen, Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie, bugne, Coth. biugan also to L. fugere to flee, Gr ?, and Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf {Fugitive}.] 1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. We bow things the contrary way to make them come to their natural straightness. --Milton. The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. --Prescott. 2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. --Bacon. Not to bow and bias their opinions. --Fuller. 3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. They came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him --2 Kings ii 15. 4. To cause to bend down to prostrate; to depress,;? to crush; to subdue. Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. --Shak. 5. To express by bowing; as to bow one's thanks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (bou), 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS boga, fr AS b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix 13. 2. 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. 3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string. 4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke. 5. (Mus.) 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. 6. An arcograph. 7. (Mech. & Manuf.) 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. 8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea. 9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree. {Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest who looked after trespassers. {Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string. {Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which the tones are produced by the bow. {Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}. {To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bow adj : pertaining to the forward part of a vessel [syn: {bow(a)}] n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends used to tie shoelaces [syn: {bowknot}] 2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument 3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {fore}, {prow}, {stem}] 4: curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows 5: something curved in shape [syn: {arc}] 6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame [syn: {bowing}, {obeisance}] 7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience [syn: {curtain call}] 8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons 9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments v 1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn: {bow down}] 2: submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: {submit}, {defer}, {accede}, {give in}] 3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King" 4: bend one's back as in fear or deference; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen" [syn: {crouch}, {stoop}, {bend}] 5: play on a string instrument From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bow, KY Zip code(s): 42714 Bow, NH Zip code(s): 03304 Bow, WA Zip code(s): 98232 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bow The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so also were the Elamites (Isa. 22:6) and the Lydians (Jer. 46:9). The Hebrew word commonly used for bow means properly to tread (1 Chr. 5:18; 8:40), and hence it is concluded that the foot was employed in bending the bow. Bows of steel (correctly "copper") are mentioned (2 Sam. 22:35; Ps 18:34). The arrows were carried in a quiver (Gen. 27:3; Isa. 22:6; 49:2; Ps 127:5). They were apparently sometimes shot with some burning material attached to them (Ps. 120:4). The bow is a symbol of victory (Ps. 7:12). It denotes also falsehood, deceit (Ps. 64:3, 4; Hos. 7:16; Jer. 9:3). "The use of the bow" in 2 Sam. 1:18 (A.V.) ought to be "the song of the bow," as in the Revised Version.
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