bowˈyer noun

1. A bowman
2. A maker of bows for archery

bowˈ-backed adjective

With bent back

bowˈbent adjective (Milton)

Bent like a bow

bowˈ-boy noun

1. A boy archer
2. Cupid (Shakespeare)

bowˈ-compasses plural noun

A small pair of compasses, often with a bow-shaped spring instead of a hinge

bowˈfin noun

A N American freshwater fish (genus Amia) of the order Holostei

bowˈ-fronted adjective

Having a convex front

bowˈ-hand noun

The hand in which the bow is held, normally in archery, the left, in stringed instrument-playing, the right

bowˈhead noun

An Arctic right whale (Balaena mysticetus), with a large head and arched jaw

bowˈknot noun

A (usu decorative) knot with one or two loops

bow leg noun

A bandy leg like a bow

bowˈ-legged /-legd or -leg-id/ adjective

bowˈman noun

An archer

bowˈsaw noun

1. A saw with a narrow blade stretched like a bowstring in a strong bow-shaped frame (also logˈ-saw)
2. A saw with a narrow blade stretched in an H-shaped frame and held taut by tightening a cord at the opposite end of the frame

bowˈshot noun

The distance to which an arrow can be shot from a bow

bowˈstring noun

1. The string by which a bow is drawn
2. A string with which the Turks strangled offenders (historical)
3. A horizontal tie on a bridge or girder

transitive verb (pat and pap bowˈstringed, sometimes bowˈstrung)

To strangle with a bowstring

adjective

Of, for or having a bowstring

bowˈstring-hemp noun

The genus Sansevieria or its fibre

bow tie noun

A necktie tied in a two-looped bowknot, often for formal wear

bowˈ-tied adjective

Wearing a bow tie

bow window noun

1. A window projecting in a curve
2. A pot-belly (obs sl)

bow-winˈdowed adjective

draw the long bow

To make extravagant statements

on the bow hand

Wide of the mark

two strings to one's bow

An alternative in reserve