Helen Fenton

Bowman: Definition and part of speech

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Bowman

  1. n. The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
  2. n. A man who uses a bow; an archer.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bow: Definition and part of speech

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Bow

  1. n. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
  2. v. t. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
  3. v. t. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
  4. v. t. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
  5. v. t. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue.
  6. v. t. To express by bowing; as, to bow one’s thanks.
  7. v. i. To bend; to curve.
  8. v. i. To stop.
  9. v. i. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; — often with down.
  10. v. i. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
  11. 1n. 1 One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bow-compass: Definition and part of speech

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Bow-compass

  1. n. A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
  2. n. An arcograph.
  3. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.