bowingn.¹

/ˈbaʊɪŋ/

Etymology: < bow v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. Bending, curving, twisting; flexure, inclination.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process

crookc1330

bowinga1398

bending1398

embowing1430

inflection1531

bent1567

curving1594

flexure1600

curbing1601

crooking1607

incurvation1608

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xvi. 1154 He [sc. þe cocatrice] presseþ nought his body wiþ moche bowynge.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 28 Without bowyng of your legges.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 2^v A plaine angle is an inclination or bowing of two lines the one to the other.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 44 A Bunched Line..is carried with round reflections or bowings vp and downe.

†b. Inflection (of the voice). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation

bowing1561

cant1663

cadence1709

flexion1758

chant1766

tune1783

intonation1791

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xx. f. 435 The Reader should sound his words with so small a bowing of his voice, that it should be liker to one that readeth than to one that singeth.

†2. concrete. A curved or bent part; a bending, bend, or flexure; a joint. Obsolete exc. dialect.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > a curve > curved part

crooka1398

bowing1519

bending?1523

roundinga1582

bent1587

bendc1600

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 26 Amoste at euery bonys ende is a grystell: that lyeth betwene the bowynge lyke a mattresse.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1339/2 On the outside of the bowing of the arch were painted three goddesses.

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. It descends down to the bowing of the Elbow.

1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism Bewings, joints.

3. The action of inclining the body or head in salutation, etc.; the making of an obeisance; also attributive, as in bowing acquaintance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down

stooping1398

inclining?a1425

bent1584

bending1597

bowing1617

deflection1665

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying

kneelingc1200

louting1340

inclining?a1425

ducking1539

becking1542

lowingc1600

incurvation1607

couchinga1616

bowing1617

congeeing1622

curtsying1668

bingeing1805

salaaming1816

scraping1836

legging1871

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance > slight acquaintance

bowing acquaintance1807

nodding acquaintance1824

nodding terms1838

1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. 587 After often bowings, and touching the ground with his head.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 4 The perpetual bowings and cringings of an abject people.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 164 A horse with an unceasing trick of nodding..his head up and down, as if he had a bowing acquaintance with every thing he meets.

1862 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 852 One makes a sort of pleasant bowing acquaintance with the several women.

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People 497 The bowings at the sacred name.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

bowingn.²

Etymology: apparently < bow n.⁴Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbowing.

Scottish.

A stock farm with the stock on it.

ΚΠ

1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To tak a farm in a bowin, to take a lease of a farm in grass, with the life stock on it; this still remaining the property of the landholder, or person who lets it. Ayrs.

1863 Glasgow Her. 11 Sept. To let near Balloch, a Bowing of 20 Cows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

bowingn.³

/ˈbəʊɪŋ/

Etymology: < bow v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The playing of (a violin, etc.) with a bow; the method or style of handling the bow.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > bowing

bowing1865

1865 tr. L. Spohr Autobiogr. I. 14 My bowing particularly displeased him.

1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 160 Stringed instruments are made to sound either by striking, plucking, or bowing.

2. ‘The particular manner in which a phrase or passage is to be executed, and the signs by which such a manner is usually marked.’ Grove. (Cf. fingering n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > bowing > manner of bowing

bow-hand1668

bowing1838

ponticello1847

spiccato1964

sul ponticello1964

1838 W. Gardiner Music of Nature 121 Modern writers accurately mark the bowing of every passage.

3. Hat-making. The process of distributing the fibres for felting by means of the ‘bow’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > processes involved in

ruffing1830

basoning1837

bowing1842

blocking1845

planking1845

proof1901

pelt-shaking1902

1842 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 293 (Hatter) Each article undergoes a process..termed ‘bowing’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

bowingadj.

/ˈbaʊɪŋ/

Etymology: < bow v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. That bends or inclines; inclined, bent (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

roundc1300

ybentc1330

bentc1374

cambera1387

curvate?a1425

curve?a1425

curved?a1425

bowingc1440

crumped1480

bowed1483

bended1495

bowlanda1522

compass?1523

curbed?1541

compassed1551

compassing1576

curvated1598

orbed1598

curving1609

ridgill-backed1611

incurved1623

inflected1646

incurvate1647

curvous1661

incurvated1665

swayed1688

bending1697

circumflex1707

curval1730

sweeping1772

bendy1800

curvatureda1810

curvative1846

hooped1852

swept1903

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > bending down

bowingc1440

bending1567

declininga1616

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bowing or curtseying

ducking1530

louting1602

bowing1725

bingeing1805

salaaming1816

curtsying1870

obeisant1900

c1440 Gesta Romanorum xlviii. 216 With bowinge knees þey worshipid him.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 216 On bowand treis [thai] hangyt thaim rycht thar.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 68 The nearer the eye comes to a great thing that is bowing, the less bowing it seems.

1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire IV 5 And then, he can outbow the bowing Dean.

b. figurative. Yielding, submissive, obedient.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]

tholemodec1000

bowinga1340

subjectc1384

enclinant1400

yoldena1413

subjective1417

prostratec1425

obtemperate?a1475

subjected1550

subject-like1553

submiss1570

submissive1572

yielding1578

obnoxious1591

subordinate1594

subjectly1596

yieldable1603

dejective1611

passive1616

awebound1631

succumbent1647

resigning1648

complaisant1676

ovine1676

a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7987 Alle thing tylle þam salle be boghand.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 901 [Þe orible oxin]..as bowande to þe bowes as any bestes might.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxv. 367 The readily bowing mind of the Oriental.

†2. That may be bent; flexible, pliant. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

bowable1483

bowing1483

waldinc1485

supple1513

flexible1548

limber1565

lither1565

bending1567

osier1577

wiry1588

buxom1590

withy1598

suppliable1599

renderingc1600

fluxible1607

winding1609

bendable1611

flippant1622

flexive1629

flexile1633

maniable1633

compliant1667

flectible1705

limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 331/2 His fyngers and his toes..were bowyng and hoole as they hadde be newely buryed.

1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F v^v To make hoopis of, and twygges for baskets it is so bowing.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liii^v/2 Bowing, lentus..flexilis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

n.¹a1398

n.²1808

n.³1838

adj.a1340

单词	bowing
释义	bowingn.¹ /ˈbaʊɪŋ/ Etymology: < bow v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. Bending, curving, twisting; flexure, inclination. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process crookc1330 bowinga1398 bending1398 embowing1430 inflection1531 bent1567 curving1594 flexure1600 curbing1601 crooking1607 incurvation1608 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xvi. 1154 He [sc. þe cocatrice] presseþ nought his body wiþ moche bowynge. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 28 Without bowyng of your legges. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 2^v A plaine angle is an inclination or bowing of two lines the one to the other. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 44 A Bunched Line..is carried with round reflections or bowings vp and downe. †b. Inflection (of the voice). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation bowing1561 cant1663 cadence1709 flexion1758 chant1766 tune1783 intonation1791 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xx. f. 435 The Reader should sound his words with so small a bowing of his voice, that it should be liker to one that readeth than to one that singeth. †2. concrete. A curved or bent part; a bending, bend, or flexure; a joint. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > a curve > curved part crooka1398 bowing1519 bending?1523 roundinga1582 bent1587 bendc1600 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 26 Amoste at euery bonys ende is a grystell: that lyeth betwene the bowynge lyke a mattresse. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1339/2 On the outside of the bowing of the arch were painted three goddesses. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. It descends down to the bowing of the Elbow. 1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism Bewings, joints. 3. The action of inclining the body or head in salutation, etc.; the making of an obeisance; also attributive, as in bowing acquaintance. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down stooping1398 inclining?a1425 bent1584 bending1597 bowing1617 deflection1665 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying kneelingc1200 louting1340 inclining?a1425 ducking1539 becking1542 lowingc1600 incurvation1607 couchinga1616 bowing1617 congeeing1622 curtsying1668 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 scraping1836 legging1871 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance > slight acquaintance bowing acquaintance1807 nodding acquaintance1824 nodding terms1838 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) v. vii. 587 After often bowings, and touching the ground with his head. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 4 The perpetual bowings and cringings of an abject people. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 164 A horse with an unceasing trick of nodding..his head up and down, as if he had a bowing acquaintance with every thing he meets. 1862 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 852 One makes a sort of pleasant bowing acquaintance with the several women. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People 497 The bowings at the sacred name. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bowingn.² Etymology: apparently < bow n.⁴Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbowing. Scottish. A stock farm with the stock on it. ΚΠ 1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To tak a farm in a bowin, to take a lease of a farm in grass, with the life stock on it; this still remaining the property of the landholder, or person who lets it. Ayrs. 1863 Glasgow Her. 11 Sept. To let near Balloch, a Bowing of 20 Cows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). bowingn.³ /ˈbəʊɪŋ/ Etymology: < bow v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The playing of (a violin, etc.) with a bow; the method or style of handling the bow. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > bowing bowing1865 1865 tr. L. Spohr Autobiogr. I. 14 My bowing particularly displeased him. 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 160 Stringed instruments are made to sound either by striking, plucking, or bowing. 2. ‘The particular manner in which a phrase or passage is to be executed, and the signs by which such a manner is usually marked.’ Grove. (Cf. fingering n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > bowing > manner of bowing bow-hand1668 bowing1838 ponticello1847 spiccato1964 sul ponticello1964 1838 W. Gardiner Music of Nature 121 Modern writers accurately mark the bowing of every passage. 3. Hat-making. The process of distributing the fibres for felting by means of the ‘bow’. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > processes involved in ruffing1830 basoning1837 bowing1842 blocking1845 planking1845 proof1901 pelt-shaking1902 1842 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 293 (Hatter) Each article undergoes a process..termed ‘bowing’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). bowingadj. /ˈbaʊɪŋ/ Etymology: < bow v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. a. That bends or inclines; inclined, bent (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] crooked?c1225 roundc1300 ybentc1330 bentc1374 cambera1387 curvate?a1425 curve?a1425 curved?a1425 bowingc1440 crumped1480 bowed1483 bended1495 bowlanda1522 compass?1523 curbed?1541 compassed1551 compassing1576 curvated1598 orbed1598 curving1609 ridgill-backed1611 incurved1623 inflected1646 incurvate1647 curvous1661 incurvated1665 swayed1688 bending1697 circumflex1707 curval1730 sweeping1772 bendy1800 curvatureda1810 curvative1846 hooped1852 swept1903 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > bending down bowingc1440 bending1567 declininga1616 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bowing or curtseying ducking1530 louting1602 bowing1725 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 curtsying1870 obeisant1900 c1440 Gesta Romanorum xlviii. 216 With bowinge knees þey worshipid him. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 216 On bowand treis [thai] hangyt thaim rycht thar. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 68 The nearer the eye comes to a great thing that is bowing, the less bowing it seems. 1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire IV 5 And then, he can outbow the bowing Dean. b. figurative. Yielding, submissive, obedient. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7987 Alle thing tylle þam salle be boghand. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 901 [Þe orible oxin]..as bowande to þe bowes as any bestes might. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xxv. 367 The readily bowing mind of the Oriental. †2. That may be bent; flexible, pliant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 331/2 His fyngers and his toes..were bowyng and hoole as they hadde be newely buryed. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F v^v To make hoopis of, and twygges for baskets it is so bowing. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. 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