bowfin (boufin)

A name of the mudfish, Amia calva. Also called brindle, grindle, law yer, dogfish, etc. See cut under Amiida, bowget, v. See bouge2. bow-grace (bou'gras), n. Naut., a frame, or composition of junk, laid out at the sides, stem, bow-hand and or bows of a ship to secure it from injury by ice. 1. In archery, the n. hand that holds the bow, commonly the left hand.-2. In music, the hand that draws the bow; a violinist's right hand. On the bow-hand. (a) On the wrong side; wrongly; inaccurately. He shootes wyde on the bowe hand , and very farre from the marke. Spenser, State of Ireland. (6) Wrong in one's calculations. Uber. Well, you must have this wench, then? Ric . I hope so; I am much o' the bow - hand else. Beau , and Fl . , Coxcomb, i. 3.