Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or varying on either bow.
·v That which is pursued or hunted. II. Chase ·vt To cut, so as to make a screw thread. III. Chase...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The vessel pursued by some other, that pursuing being the chaser. This word is also applied to a r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
[Hunting] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·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...
·noun The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. ...
To pursue a ship, which is also called giving chase. ♦ A stern chase is when the chaser follows th...
Such guns as are removed to the chase-ports ahead or astern, if not pivot-guns. ...
The gun-ports at the bows and through the stern of a war-ship. ...
Where the sight is usually placed. ...
The cannon which are placed in the after-part of a ship, pointing astern. ...
·- 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...
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. ...
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 tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy. ...
to make sail in pursuit of a stranger. ...
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...
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...
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). ...