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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.
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The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.
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.
v. t.
To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
n.
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
v. t.
To excel in bowing.
n.
A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
n.
A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
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The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
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The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
n.
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
v. t.
To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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n.
A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
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The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
adv.
In a bending manner.
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