Part 1324

<hw>Bowl"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.</def>

<h1>Bowless</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of a bow.</def>

<h1>Bowline</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>boelijn</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'94gl\'8bna</ets><?/, Dan. <ets>bovline</ets>; properly the line attached to the shoulder or side of the sail. See <er>Bow</er> (of a ship), and <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called <i>bridles</i>, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.</def>

<cs><col>Bowline bridles</col>, <cd>the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail.</cd> -- <col>Bowline knot</col>. <cd>See <i>Illust<i>. <er>under Knot</er>.</cd> -- <col>On a bowline</col>, <cd>close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bowling</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bowl"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.</def>

<cs><col>Bowling alley</col>, <cd>a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.</cd> -- <col>Bowling green</col>, <cd>a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.<?/</cd></cs>

<h1>Bowls</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bowls</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Bowl</er>, a ball, a game.</def>

<h1>Bowman</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bowmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who uses a bow; an archer.</def>

<blockquote>The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and <b>bowmen</b>. <i>Jer. iv. 29.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bowman's root</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Indian physic</cref>, under <er>Indian</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bowman</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.</def>

<h1>Bowne</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bowne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Boun</er>.]</ety> <def>To make ready; to prepare; to dress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We will all <b>bowne</b> ourselves for the banquet. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bow net</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow" net`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>.</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A net for catching birds.</def>

<i> J. H. Walsh.</i>

<h1>Bow oar</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow" oar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>.</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The oar used by the bowman.</def>