The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means that it was made ready for use. By David's order (2 Sam. 1:18) the young men were taught the use, or rather the song of the bow. (See Armour, Bow.)
·adj Fertile. ·see <<Battel>>, a. II. Battle ·vt A division of an army; a battalion. III. Battle ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An engagement between two fleets, or even single ships, usually called a sea-fight or engagement. Th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To manage the bow. II. Bow ·vi To play (music) with a bow. III. Bow ·vi To <<Stop>>. IV. Bow ...
The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
I. The fore-end of a ship or boat; being the rounding part of a vessel forward, beginning on both ...
(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forwa...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle,...
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...
·noun ·Alt. of Battle-axe. ...
·noun A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. ...
A mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20) to Cyrus, God's instrument in destro...
A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
an ear-wig. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
(American). See fighting-lanterns. ...
A term derived from cock-fighting, but generally applied to a noisy confused row. ...
A conflict in which both parties claim the victory, or retire upon equal terms. ...
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand. II. Bow hand ·- The hand that draws the bow, ...
·- A net for catching birds. II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...
·- The oar used by the bowman. II. Bow oar ·- One who rows at the bow of a boat. ...
·noun ·pl The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. ...
·noun An <<Arcograph>>. II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...
·pl of Bow-compass. ...
·noun Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. ·see Bow-compass. ...
·noun Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil. ...
·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame. ...
·- ·see Marine rainbow, under <<Rainbow>>. ...
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) South out of Cheapside at No. 58, to Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In...
The childish name for a dog; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America. ...
A broad bluff bow. ...
The situation of a ship when, in stays, she falls back off the wind again, and gets into irons, whic...
Two long chase-guns placed forward in the bow-ports to fire directly ahead, and being of small bore ...
A rope or chain for securing a vessel by the bow. (See fast.) ...
In ship-building, longitudinal curves representing the ship's fore-body cut in a vertical section. ...
The foremost oar or oars, in pulling a boat. ...
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...
A rail round the bows. ...
Early supplied to our men-of-war. ...
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore. ...
A beautiful natural phenomenon incidental to high latitudes. It appears opposite to the sun, and is ...
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
Having a sharp entrance; a thin narrow bow being opposed to bold bow. Fine forward, very fine is lea...
A noted weapon formerly supplied to our men-of-war. ...
A species of cross-bow formerly used for discharging fire arrows. ...
A cross-bow for shooting stones. ...
A disposition of the fleet at the moment of engagement, by signal or previous order, on which occasi...
The arranging of ships or troops so as to engage the enemy to the best advantage. ...
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
The parsonage house for St. Mary le Bow in 1676 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 23). No later reference....
Dog's flesh. ...
A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. Se...
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions. ...
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
See Crown Court16, Trinity Lane. ...
See Half Moon Court. ...
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...
See Robin Hood Court. ...
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33). ...