bows

n. A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bowstringed r Bowstrung p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing. ] To strangle with a bowstring. [ 1913 Webster ]