| Bowse | n. A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowse | v. i. [ See Booze, and Bouse. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To carouse; to bouse; to booze. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Naut.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowshot | n. The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowsprit | n. [ Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspröt, G. bugspriet. ] (Naut.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowssen | v. t. To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men.
. . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowstring | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bowstringed r Bowstrung p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing. ] To strangle with a bowstring. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bowstring | n. 1. The string of a bow. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bowstring bridge, 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. --
Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. --
Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Bowstringed | p. a. 1. Furnished with bowstring. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 張 | [ちょう, chou] (n) (1) (arch) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf, ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc. #2,366 [Add to Longdo] |
| 弦 | [げん, gen] (n) (1) (arch) bowstring; (2) (See 絃) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) { geom } chord; (4) hypotenuse #5,687 [Add to Longdo] |
| 弦(P);絃;鉉 | [つる, tsuru] (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P) #5,687 [Add to Longdo] |
| ヤンキー座り;ヤンキー座(io) | [ヤンキーすわり;ヤンキーずわり, yanki-suwari ; yanki-zuwari] (n, vs) squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture) [Add to Longdo] |
| 猿臂 | [えんぴ, enpi] (n) long, protruding elbows (like those of a monkey) [Add to Longdo] |
| 弓弦 | [ゆみづる;ゆづる;ゆづら, yumiduru ; yuduru ; yudura] (n) bowstring [Add to Longdo] |
| 弓箭 | [きゅうせん, kyuusen] (n) bows and arrows; war [Add to Longdo] |
| 弓張り;弓張(io) | [ゆみはり, yumihari] (n) (1) stringing a bow; person who strings bows; (2) (abbr) (See 弓張り月) crescent moon; (3) (abbr) (See 弓張り提灯) paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle [Add to Longdo] |
| 弦音 | [つるおと, tsuruoto] (n) sound of vibrating bowstring [Add to Longdo] |
| 弦巻 | [つるまき, tsurumaki] (n) reel for a spare bowstring [Add to Longdo] |
