Part 1317

<h1>Bovey coal</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bo"vey coal`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at <ets>Bovey</ets> Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the o\'94lite, and not of the true coal era.</def>

<h1>Bovid</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bo"vid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bos</ets>, <ets>bovis</ets>, ox, cow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus <spn>Bos</spn> is the type.</def>

<h1>Boviform</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bo"vi*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bos</ets>, <ets>bovis</ets>, ox + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Bovine</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bo"vine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bovinus</ets>, fr.L. <ets>bos</ets>, <ets>bovis</ets>, ox, cow: cf. F. <ets>bovine</ets>. See <er>Cow</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>of or pertaining to the genus <i>Bos</i>; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; <as>as, the <ex>bovine</ex> genus; a <ex>bovine</ex> antelope.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; <as>as, a <ex>bovine</ex> temperament</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bovine</b> gaze of gaping rustics. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bow</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(bou)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bowed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bowen</ets>, <ets>bogen</ets>, <ets>bugen</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'d4gan</ets> (generally v.i.); akin to D. <ets>buigen</ets>, OHG. <ets>biogan</ets>, G. <ets>biegen</ets>, <ets>beugen</ets>, Icel. <ets>boginn</ets> bent, <ets>beygja</ets> to bend, Sw. <ets>b\'94ja</ets>, Dan. <ets>b\'94ie</ets>, <ets>bugne</ets>, Coth. <ets>biugan</ets>; also to L. <ets>fugere</ets> to flee, Gr. <?/, and Skr. <ets>bhuj</ets> to bend. &root;88. Cf. <er>Fugitive</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>bow</b> things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The whole nation <b>bowed</b> their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.</def>

<blockquote>Adversities do more <b>bow</b> men's minds to religion. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Not to <b>bow</b> and bias their opinions. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.</def>

<blockquote>They came to meet him, and <b>bowed</b> themselves to the ground before him. <i>2 Kings ii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;<?/ to crush; to subdue.</def>

<blockquote>Whose heavy hand hath <b>bowed</b> you to the grave. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To express by bowing; <as>as, to <ex>bow</ex> one's thanks</as>.</def>

<h1>Bow</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(bou)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bend; to curve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stop.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>They stoop, they <b>bow</b> down together. <i>Is. xlvi. 2<?/</i></blockquote>