Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 72
Bow-compasses (n. pl. ) of Bow-compass.
Bow-compass (n.) 圓規 An arcograph.
Compare: Arcograph
Arcograph (n.) 圓弧規 An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.
Compare: Cyclograph
Cyclograph (n.) 圓弧規 See Arcograph.
Compare: Compass
Compass (n.) (pl. -es) 羅盤，指南針[C]；（製圖用的）圓規[P1] A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. -- 2 Kings iii. 9.
This day I breathed first; time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end; My life is run his compass. -- Shak.
Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
Compass (n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.
Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass. -- Addison.
Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
The compass of his argument. -- Wordsworth.
Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. -- Sir J. Davies.
Compass (n.) (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of
my compass. -- Shak.
Compass (n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. -- Locke.
Compass (n.) A pair of compasses. [R.] See Compasses.
To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. -- Swift.
Compass (n.) A circle; a continent. [Obs.]
The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. -- Skeat.] -- Chaucer.
Azimuth compass. See under Azimuth.
Beam compass. See under Beam.
Compass card, The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.
Compass dial, A small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day.
Compass plane (Carp.), A plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork.
Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), A plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.
Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. -- Longefellow.
Compass saw, A saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also fret saw and keyhole saw.
Compass timber (Shipbuilding), Curved or crooked timber.
Compass window (Arch.), A circular bay window or oriel window.
Mariner's compass, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position.
Surveyor's compass, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See Circumferentor.
Variation compass, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle.
To fetch a compass, to make a circuit.
Compass (v. t.) 圖謀，計畫；圍繞……而行，包圍 To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
Ye shall compass the city seven times. -- Josh. vi. 4.
We the globe can compass soon. -- Shak.
Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
With terrors and with clamors compassed round. -- Milton.
Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about. -- Shak.
Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. -- Luke xix. 43.
Compass (v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. -- Shak.
How can you hope to compass your designs? -- Denham.
Compass (v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] -- Shak.
Compass (v. t.) (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. -- Blackstone.
Compass (n.) Navigational instrument for finding directions.
Compass (n.) An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit].
Compass (n.) The limit of capability; "within the compass of education" [syn: compass, range, reach, grasp].
Compass (n.) Drafting instrument used for drawing circles
Compass (v.) Bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass."
Compass (v.) Travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass].
Compass (v.) Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend].
COMPASS, () COMPrehensive ASSembler.
The assembly language on CDC computers.
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Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
Bowdlerize (v. t.) 刪節，刪改 To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive.
Bowdlerize (v. t.) To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content.
Bowdlerize (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; -- said of literary texts.
Syn: bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten, cut.
It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowdlerized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. -- F. Harrison. -- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion, n. -- Bowd"ler*ism, n.
Bowdlerize (v.) Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten].
Bowel (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. -- Acts i. 18.
Bowel (n.) pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle. -- Shak.
Bowel (n.) pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. "Thou thing of no bowels." -- Shak.
Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. -- Fuller.
Bowel (n.) pl. Offspring. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Boweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowel.
Bowelled () of Bowel.
Boweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowel.
Bowelling () of Bowel.
Bowel (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Bowel (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut].
Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow. "The boweled cavern." -- Thomson.
Bowelless (a.) Without pity. --Sir T. Browne.
Bowelless (a.) Ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" [syn: cutthroat, fierce, bowelless].
Bowenite (n.) (Min.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.
Bower (n.) One who bows or bends.
Bower (n.) (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
Bower (n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]
His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. -- Spenser.
Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.
Bower (n.) One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
Right bower, The knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the "Joker") in the game.
Left bower, The knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.
Best bower or Joker, In some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.
Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower. -- Gascoigne.
Bower (n.) A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. -- Shenstone. B. Johnson.
Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.
Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose. -- Shak.
Bower (v. i.) To lodge. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Bower (n.) (Falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]
Bower (n.) A framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor, arbour, bower, pergola].
Bower (v.) Enclose in a bower [syn: embower, bower].
Bower bird () (Zool.) An Australian bird ({Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.
Note: The name is also applied to other related birds of the same region, having similar habits; as, the spotted bower bird ({Chalmydodera maculata}), and the regent bird ({Sericulus melinus).
Boweries (n. pl. ) of Bowery.
Bowery (n.) A farm or plantation
with its buildings. [U. S. Hist.]
The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and
seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in
1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns,
and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing." -- Bancroft.
Bowery (a.) Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.
Bowery (a.) Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.
A bowery maze that shades the purple streams. -- Trumbull.
Bowery (a.) Like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane".
Bowery (n.) A street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts.
Bowess (n.) (Falconry) Same as Bower. [Obs.]
Compare: Amia
Amia (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
Bowfin (n.) (Zool.) A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.
Bowfin (n.) Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva].
Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge. [Obs.]
Bowge (v. t.) To cause to leak. [Obs.] See Bouge.
Bowgrace (n.) (Naut.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.
Compare: Bow hand
Bow hand () (Archery) The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand.
Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. -- Spenser.
Bow hand () (Mus.) The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.
Bowhead (n.) (Zool.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
Bowhead (n.) Large-mouthed Arctic whale [syn: bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus].
Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
Bowie knife (n.) A stout hunting knife with a single edge.
Bowing (n.) (Mus.) The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. -- J. W. Moore.
Bowing (n.) In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Bowing (a.) Showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed, bowing].
Bowing (n.) Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing, obeisance].
Bowing (n.) Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent".
Bowing, () A mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people of the land" (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen. 43:28). Bowing is also frequently mentioned as an act of adoration to idols (Josh. 23:7; 2 Kings 5:18; Judg. 2:19; Isa. 44:15), and to God (Josh. 5:14; Ps. 22:29; 72:9; Micah 6:6; Ps. 95:6; Eph. 3:14).
Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.
Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.
Bowknot (n.) A knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces [syn: bow, bowknot].
Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Brought them food in bowls of basswood. -- Longfellow.
Bowl (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
Bowl (n.) pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bowl (n.) pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U. S.]
Bowled (imp. & p. p.) of Bowl.
Bowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowl.
Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. -- Shak.
Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? -- Shak.
To bowl (a player) Out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.
Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along. Bowlder
Bowl (n.) A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids.
Bowl (n.) A concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough].
Bowl (n.) A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods.
Bowl (n.) The quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful].
Bowl (n.) A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium].
Bowl (n.) A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling [syn: bowling ball, bowl].
Bowl (n.) A wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling.
Bowl (n.) A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl].
Bowl (n.) The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl].
Bowl (v.) Roll (a ball).
Bowl (v.) Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end.
Bowl (v.) Engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights".
Bowl, () The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).
Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulder.
Boulder (n.) A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.
Bowlder clay, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders.
Bowlder wall, A wall constructed of large stones or bowlders.
Bowlder (n.) A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin [syn: boulder, bowlder].
Bowldery (a.) Characterized by bowlders.
Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg. -- Jer. Taylor.
Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. -- Johnson.
Bowler (n.) 玩保齡球戲的人；（板球）投手；圓頂禮帽 One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.
Bowler (n.) [From 2d Bowl.] A derby hat. [Eng.]
Bowler (n.) A cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket.
Bowler (n.) A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins.
Bowler (n.) A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim [syn: bowler hat, bowler, derby hat, derby, plug hat].
Bowless (a.) Destitute of a bow.
Bowless (a.) Being without a bow.
Bowline (n.) 【海】帆腳索 A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.
{Bowline bridles}, The ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail.
{Bowline knot}. See Illust. {under Knot}.
{On a bowline}, Close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship.
Bowline (n.) A loop knot that neither slips nor jams [syn: {bowline}, {bowline knot}].
Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
Bowling alley, A covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.
Bowling green, A level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.
Bowling (n.) A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them.
Bowling (n.) (Cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman.
Bowling (n.) The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc.
Bowls (n. pl.) See Bowl, a ball, a game.
Bowls (n.) A bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack [syn: lawn bowling, bowls].
Bowmen (n. pl. ) of Bowman.
Bowman (n.) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
Bowman (n.) (Naut.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
Bowman (n.) A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman].
Bowman -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 3242
Housing Units (2000): 1596
Land area (2000): 1162.046799 sq. miles (3009.687265 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.947323 sq. miles (12.813508 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1166.994122 sq. miles (3022.500773 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.127397 N, 103.420563 W
Headwords:
Bowman
Bowman, ND
Bowman County
Bowman County, ND
Bowman, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 898
Housing Units (2000): 411
Land area (2000): 2.565413 sq. miles (6.644389 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.565413 sq. miles (6.644389 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09712
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.204231 N, 83.026989 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30624
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bowman, GA
Bowman
Bowman, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 1600
Housing Units (2000): 799
Land area (2000): 1.303104 sq. miles (3.375023 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.303104 sq. miles (3.375023 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08700
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.181791 N, 103.400211 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58623
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bowman, ND
Bowman
Bowman, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 1198
Housing Units (2000): 532
Land area (2000): 1.158037 sq. miles (2.999302 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.158037 sq. miles (2.999302 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07840
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 33.347658 N, 80.683915 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29018
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bowman, SC
Bowman
Bowne (v. t.) To make ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.]
We will all bowne ourselves for the banquet. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
Bow net () A net for catching birds. -- J. H. Walsh.
Bow oar () The oar used by the bowman.
Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.
Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.
Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Bowse (v. i.) To carouse; to bouse; to booze. -- De Quincey.
Bowse (v. i.) (Naut.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.
Bowse (n.) A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
Bowse (v.) Haul with a tackle [syn: bowse, bouse].
Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Bowsprit (n.) (Naut.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
Bowsprit (n.) A spar projecting from the bow of a vessel.
Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties). [Obs.]
There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. -- Carew.
Bowstring (n.) The string of a bow.
Bowstring (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Bowstring bridge, A bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch.
Bowstring girder, An arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends.
Bowstring hemp (Bot.), The tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. -- Balfour.
Bowstringed (imp. & p. p.) of Bowstring.
Bowstrung () of Bowstring.
Bowstringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bowstring.
Bowstring (v. t.) To strangle with a bowstring.
Bowstring (n.) The string of an archer's bow.
Bowstringed (p. a.) Furnished with bowstring.
Bowstringed (p. a.) Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
Bowtel (n.) See Boultel.
Boultel, Boultin (n.) (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
Boultel, Boultin (n.) (Arch.) (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]
Bowwow (n.) An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.
Bowwow (a.) Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word. [Jocose.]
Bowyer (n.) An archer; one who uses bow.
Bowyer (n.) One who makes or sells bows.