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bow oar

  [bou]
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–noun
bow 3 (def. 4).
Origin:
1850–55
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bow

3  [bou]
–noun
1. Nautical, Aeronautics.
a. the forward end of a vessel or airship.
b. either side of this forward end, esp. with reference to the direction of a distant object: a mooring two points off the port bow.
2. bows, Nautical. the exterior of the forward end of a vessel, esp. one in which the hull slopes back on both sides of the stem.
3. the foremost oar in rowing a boat.
4. Also called bowman, bow oar. the person who pulls that oar.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to the bow of a ship.
—Idioms
6. bows on, (of a ship) with the bow foremost: The vessel approached us bows on.
7. bows under, (of a ship) shipping water at the bow: The ship was bows under during most of the storm.
8. on the bow, Nautical. within 45° to the heading of the vessel.
Origin:
1620–30; < LG boog (n.) or D boeg or Dan bov; see bough
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Word Origin & History

bow  (n2.)
"front of a ship," 1342, from O.N. bogr or M.Du. boech "bow of a ship," lit. "shoulder (of an animal)," the connecting notion being "the shoulders of the ship." See bough.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bow
Pronunciation: 'bO
Function: noun
: a frame for the lenses of eyeglasses; also : the curved sidepiece of the frame passingover the ear
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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