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bow-hand|ˈbəʊhænd|
[f. bow n.1 + hand.]
1. The hand which holds the bow in archery, i.e. the left hand. Hence, † (wide) on the bow-hand: wide of the mark, ‘out’.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 135 Wide a' th bow hand, yfaith your hand is out. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (1862) 520/2 He shootes wyde on the bow hand, and very far from the marke. 1611Chapman Iliads xiii. 534 Atrides' dart of Helenus the thrust out bow-hand struck. 1613Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb. i. iii, I am much o' the bow-hand else. 1828Scott F.M. Perth, I. 24 You are on the bow-hand still, Smith. 1871Browning Balaust. (1881) 26 Thou must arm The bow-hand.
2. The hand which holds the bow of a violin, etc., i.e. the right hand; transf. style of playing.
1668Shadwell Sullen Lov. ii. Wks. 1720 I. 43 He has..the most luxurious Bow-hand of any man in Europe. |