Two long chase-guns placed forward in the bow-ports to fire directly ahead, and being of small bore for their length, carry shot to a great distance.
·vi To manage the bow. II. Bow ·vi To play (music) with a bow. III. Bow ·vi To <<Stop>>. IV. Bow ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forwa...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
The guns which fire directly aft. ...
·- 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>>. ...
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means tha...
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. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A broad bluff bow. ...
The situation of a ship when, in stays, she falls back off the wind again, and gets into irons, whic...
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. ...
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...
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). ...