Bow

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 7
(bō.) [From A.S. by gan, to bend.] An instrument of war and the chase, formed of wood or other elastic material, which, after being bent by means of a string fastened to its two ends, throws out an arrow with great force and velocity. See ARCHERY.-(Mus.) A stick of hard, elastic wood, furnished with tightly-drawn horse hairs, by means of which the tone is produced from a violin, violoncello, . [s. 110]
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