BPage 240
- English Word Bowse Definition To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.
- English Word Bowse Definition A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
- English Word Bowshot Definition The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
- English Word Bowsprit Definition A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
- English Word Bowssen Definition To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
- English Word Bowstring Definition The string of a bow.
- English Word Bowstring Definition A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
- English Word Bowstring Definition To strangle with a bowstring.
- English Word Bowstringed Definition of Bowstring
- English Word Bowstringed Definition Furnished with bowstring.
- English Word Bowstringed Definition Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
- English Word Bowstringing Definition of Bowstring
- English Word Bowstrung Definition of Bowstring
- English Word Bowtel Definition See Boultel.
- English Word Bowwow Definition An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.
- English Word Bowwow Definition Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.
- English Word Bowyer Definition An archer; one who uses bow.
- English Word Bowyer Definition One who makes or sells bows.
- English Word Box Definition A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
- English Word Box Definition A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
- English Word Box Definition The quantity that a box contain.
- English Word Box Definition A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
- English Word Box Definition A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
- English Word Box Definition A small country house.
- English Word Box Definition A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
- English Word Box Definition An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
- English Word Box Definition A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
- English Word Box Definition The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
- English Word Box Definition A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
- English Word Box Definition The square in which the pitcher stands.