Bow-divider
a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
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swell front.
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a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
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Archery. the hand that holds the bow, the left hand for right-handed people. Music. the hand that draws the bow. Historical Examples The Life Of Abraham Lincoln Ward H. Lamon The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes McClure’s Magazine December, 1895 Edited by Ida M. Tarbell
- Bowhead
a whalebone whale, Balaena mysticetus, of northern seas, having an enormous head and mouth: an endangered species. Historical Examples Captain Scraggs Peter B. Kyne The New North Agnes Deans Cameron The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) John Morley The New North Agnes Deans Cameron The New North Agnes Deans Cameron The […]
- Bowhunting
the sport of hunting with a bow and arrows. noun