Bow-compasses (pl. ) of Bow-compass
Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.
Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
Bowel (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
Bowel (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
Bowel (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
Bowel (n.) Offspring.
Boweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowel
Bowelled () of Bowel
Boweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowel
Bowelling () of Bowel
Bowel (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow.
Bowelless (a.) Without pity.
Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.
Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
Bower (v. & n.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.
Bower (n.) One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
Bower (n.) A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.
Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.
Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose.
Bower (v. i.) To lodge.
Bower (n.) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
Bower bird () An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.
Bowery (a.) Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.
Boweries (pl. ) of Bowery
Bowery (n.) A farm or plantation with its buildings.
Bowery (a.) Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.
Bowess (n.) Same as Bower.
Bowfin (n.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Bowge (v. t.) To cause to leak.
Bowgrace (n.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.
Bow hand () The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.
Bow hand () The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.
Bowhead (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
Bowing (n.) The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
Bowing (n.) In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.
Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.
Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Bowl (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Bowl (n.) The game of tenpins or bowling.
Bowled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowl
Bowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowl
Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.
Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulder
Boulder (n.) A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.
Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift.
Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.
Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward.
Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.
Bowless (a.) Destitute of a bow.
Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.
Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game.
Bowmen (pl. ) of Bowman
Bowman (n.) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
Bowman (n.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
Bowne (v. t.) To make ready; to prepare; to dress.
Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
Bow net () A net for catching birds.
Bow oar () The oar used by the bowman.
Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.
Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.
Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Bowse (v. i.) To carouse; to bouse; to booze.
Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.
Bowse (n.) A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Bowsprit (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).
Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.
Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Bowstringed (imp. & p. p.) of Bowstring
Bowstrung () of Bowstring
Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstring
Bowstring (v. t.) To strangle with a bowstring.
Bowstringed (p.a.) Furnished with bowstring.
Bowstringed (p.a.) Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
Bowtel (n.) See Boultel.
Bowwow (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.
Bowwow (a.) Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.
Bowyer (n.) An archer; one who uses bow.
Bowyer (n.) One who makes or sells bows.