- BOW: BENT LIKE A BOW
- [A]ARCUATUS (-A -UM)
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
BOW: BENT LIKE A BOW
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bow — I. /baʊ / (say bow) verb (i) 1. to bend or curve downwards; stoop: the pines bowed low. 2. to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable. 3. to bend the body or head in worship, reverence, respect, or submission. 4. to incline the head or body, or… …
bow — bow1 bowedness, n. bowingly, adv. /bow/, v.i. 1. to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment. 2. to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable. 3. to bend or curve downward;… … Universalium
Bow (weapon) — A bow is a weapon that projects arrows powered by the elasticity of the bow. As the bow is drawn, energy is stored in the limbs of the bow and transformed into rapid motion when the string is released, with the string transferring this force to… … Wikipedia
bow — {{11}}bow (n.1) weapon for shooting arrows, O.E. boga archery bow, arch, rainbow, from P.Gmc. *bugon (Cf. O.N. bogi, O.Fris. boga, Du. boog, Ger. Bogen bow; see BOW (Cf. bow) (v.)). The sense of a looped knot is from 1540s. The musician s bow… … Etymology dictionary
Compound bow — A Browning Compound Bow A compound bow is a modern bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This limb stiffness makes… … Wikipedia
bowbent — bowˈbent adjective (Milton) Bent like a bow • • • Main Entry: ↑bow … Useful english dictionary
Akimbo — is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent/bowed in a more general sense Fact|date=September 2007 (e.g. the sailor sat with his legs akimbo ).OriginsThe word s origins are murky. The term … Wikipedia
arcuate — arcuately, adv. /ahr kyooh it, ayt /, adj. bent or curved like a bow. Also, arcuated. [1620 30; < L arcuatus bent like a bow, curved (ptp. of arcuare), equiv. to arcu , s. of arcus bow + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
Crown of Silla — A crown of Silla made in 5 6th century exhibited at Musée Guimet in Paris. The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately in the fifth and sixth centuries of the Common Era. These crowns were excavated in Gyeongju, the … Wikipedia
arcuate — (adj.) bent like a bow, 1620s, from L. arcuatus bow like, arched, pp. of arcuare to bend like a bow, from arcus bow (see ARC (Cf. arc)) … Etymology dictionary
Bowbent — Bow bent , a. Bent, like a bow. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
