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  • English Word Bow Definition The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
  • English Word Bow Definition One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
  • English Word Bow hand Definition The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.
  • English Word Bow hand Definition The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.
  • English Word Bow net Definition A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
  • English Word Bow net Definition A net for catching birds.
  • English Word Bow oar Definition The oar used by the bowman.
  • English Word Bow oar Definition One who rows at the bow of a boat.
  • English Word Bow-bells Definition The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.
  • English Word Bow-compass Definition An arcograph.
  • English Word Bow-compass Definition A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
  • English Word Bow-compass Definition A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
  • English Word Bow-compasses Definition of Bow-compass
  • English Word Bow-pen Definition Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.
  • English Word Bow-pencil Definition Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.
  • English Word Bow-saw Definition A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
  • English Word Bowable Definition Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding.
  • English Word Bowbell Definition One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.
  • English Word Bowbent Definition Bent, like a bow.
  • English Word Bowed Definition of Bow
  • English Word Bowed Definition of Bow
  • English Word Bowel Definition One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
  • English Word Bowel Definition Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
  • English Word Bowel Definition The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
  • English Word Bowel Definition Offspring.
  • English Word Bowel Definition To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
  • English Word Boweled Definition of Bowel
  • English Word Boweled Definition Having bowels; hollow.
  • English Word Boweling Definition of Bowel
  • English Word Bowelled Definition of Bowel