bowshot (boshot)

1. A shot from a bow. -2. The distance traversed by an arrow in its flight from a bow. Three bow - shots from the Sachem's dwelling They laid her in the walnut shade. Whittier, Bridal of Penna cook, iii. bowsprit (bō'- or bou's prit), n. [Also bolt sprit, early mod. E. also bolesprit, boresprit, -spreet, etc.; G. bugspriet, bowsprit. The var. E. forms show that the word was not a native compound, but is rather of Scand. or LG. origin; bowsprit is secured downward by the bobstays and the a, Bowsprit; b, Bobstays. gammoning (which see), and at the sides by the bowsprit shrouds, which are secured to the bows of the ship. From the outer end of the bowsprit a spar called the martingale or dolphin - striker projects downward to support the martingale-stays, and two smaller spars, called whiskers, project sidewise to support the jib-guys. On the foretopmast bowsprit stay, the jib-stay, and the flying-jib stay (which extend downward from the foretopmast-head and the fore topgallant mast-head to the ends of the bowsprit, jib-boom, and flying-jib boom) are set the foretopmast-staysail, the jib, and the flying jib. Corruptly written bolt sprit. - Bed of the bowsprit. See bed1. - Bowsprit-cap, the cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the traverses. See cap.- Running bowsprit, a bowsprit that can be run out and in like a jib-boom.-Standing bowsprit, a permanently fixed bowsprit. bow en1t, v. t. Same as booze. bow en2t, v. t. [ The water fell into a close walled plot; upon this wall was the frantick person set, and from thence tumbled headlong into the pond; where a strong fellow to ed him up and down, until the patient, by foregoing his strength, somewhat forgot his fury; but appeared amendment, he was bow ened again and again, while there remained in him any hope of life for recovery. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. bow staff (bo's taf), n.; pl. bow staves (-stavz). In archery, a selected and prepared piece of timber for a bow; the bow in a rough state. Yew is the timber generally preferred, and prior to the use of gunpowder bow staves were an important article of com merce. bowstring (bō'string), n. [ 2. A similar string used for strangling offenders in the Ottoman empire; hence, by metonymy, execution by strangling. There was no difference whatever between the polity of our country and that of Turkey, and. if the king did not.. send mutes with bow - strings to Sancroft and Halifax, this was only because His Majesty was too gracious to use the whole power which he derived from heaven. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., ix.