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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with <i>down</i>.</def>

<blockquote>O come, let us worship and <b>bow</b> down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. <i>Ps. xcv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.</def>

<blockquote>Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they <b>bowed</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(bou)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; <as>as, a <ex>bow</ex> of deep humility</as>.</def>

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<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(b\'d3)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bowe</ets>, <ets>boge</ets>, AS. <ets>boga</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>b\'81<?/gan</ets> to bend; akin to D. <ets>boog</ets>, G. <ets>bogen</ets>, Icel. <ets>bogi</ets>. See <er>Bow</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.</def>

<blockquote>I do set my <b>bow</b> in the cloud. <i>Gen. ix. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An ornamental knot, with projecting lops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An acrograph.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mech. & Manuf.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld> <tt>sing. or pl.</tt> <def>Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.</def>

<cs><col>Bow bearer</col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>an under officer of the forest who looked after trespassers.</cd> -- <col>Bow drill</col>, <cd>a drill worked by a bow and string.</cd> -- <col>Bow instrument</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>any stringed instrument from which the tones are produced by the bow.</cd> -- <col>Bow window</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Bay window</er>.</cd> -- <col>To draw a long bow</col>, <cd>to lie; to exaggerate.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

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<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(b\'d3)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bowed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To play (music) with a bow.</def> -- <def2><tt>v. i. </tt> <def>To manage the bow.</def></def2>

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<hw>Bow</hw> <tt>(b\'d3)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>b\'d3gr</ets> shoulder, bow of a ship. See <er>Bough</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.</def>

<cs><col>Bow chaser</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel.</cd></cs>

<i> Totten.</i>

<cs>- <col>Bow piece</col>, <cd>a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship.</cd> -- <col>On the bow</col> (<fld>Naut</fdl>.), <cd>on that part of the horizon within 45&deg; on either side of the line ahead.</cd>