bow2 (bo)

[ a curve. = The bowe of the ryver of Humber. = OHG. bogo , IMG:content-2387.png:[blocks in formation] bowel bow-bearer (bō'bar"ėr), n. In old Eng. law, an under-officer of a forest, whose duty was to give information of trespa es. strip which can be bent to any desired curve; an arcograph. 5. An instrument formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea, consisting of a large arch of 90° graduated, a shank or staff, a side vane, sound of the bells of the church of Bow, which a sight-vane, and a horizon-vane.-6. A knot is near the center of the City of London; a composed of one or two loops and two ends; a cockney. Beau. and Fl.