Bow

(Ger. Bo’gen; Fr. archet; It. arco.) ‘An implement originally curved outward, though now slightly inward, consisting of an elastic wooden rod (the stica), and of from 175 to 250 horsehairs [GRovE] (the Aair) attached to the bent point or head, and drawn into tension by the sliding mut, which P wemated by the screw, (Schuster & Otto, Mark neuk irc hen, have recently [1893] manufactured bows with fine gut threads in lieu of hairs.) After tubbing the hair with rosin, the bow is drawn acro the strings (of the violin, bow-zither, etc.), setting them in vibration; the vibration is communicated to the resonance-box, which latter reinforces the weak tone of the strings... Bow arm or -hand, the right arm or hand...