Part 1325

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who rows at the bow of a boat.</def>

<h1>Bow-pen</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"-pen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See <er>Bow-compass</er>.</def>

<h1>Bow-pencil</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"-pen`cil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.</def>

<h1>Bow-saw</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"-saw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.</def>

<h1>Bowse</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bowse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Booze</er>, and <er>Bouse</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To carouse; to bouse; to booze.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To pull or haul; <as>as, to <ex>bowse</ex> upon a tack; to <ex>bowse</ex> away, <it>i. e.</it>, to pull all together.</as></def>

<h1>Bowse</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bowse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.</def>

<h1>Bowshot</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.</def>

<h1>Bowsprit</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"sprit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bow</ets> + <ets>sprit</ets>; akin to D.<ets>boegspriet</ets>; <ets>boeg</ets> bow of a ship + <ets>spriet</ets>, E. <ets>sprit</ets>, also Sw. <ets>bogspr\'94t</ets>, G. <ets>bugspriet</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.</def>

<h1>Bowssen</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bows"sen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There were many <b>bowssening</b> places, for curing of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was <b>bowssened</b> again and again. <i>Carew.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bowstring</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"string`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The string of a bow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.</def>

<cs><col>Bowstring bridge</col>, <cd>a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch.</cd> -- <col>Bowstring girder</col>, <cd>an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends.</cd> -- <col>Bowstring hemp</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tenacious fiber of the <spn>Sanseviera Zeylanica</spn>, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made.</cd></cs>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Bowstring</h1> <Xpage=172>

<hw>Bow"string`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bowstringed</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt> &or; <er>Bowstrung</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bowstringing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To strangle with a bowstring.</def>