A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
The front of a boat or ship.
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
To become bent or curved.
To defer (to something).
To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
To make something bend or curve.
To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
To debut.
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
A knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the first, and the third over the end of the second and through the bight of the first.