Fiddlestick vs. Bow

One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.

The front section of a ship or boat.

A bow used to play the fiddle.

Either of the sides of this front section

A whit; a jot.

The oar or the person wielding the oar closest to the bow in a racing shell.

Dated form of fiddlesticks

An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

A bent, curved, or arched object.

A bow used in playing the violin

A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows.

An archer.

Archers considered as a group.

(Music) A rod having horsehair drawn tightly between its two raised ends, used in playing instruments of the violin and viol families.

A stroke made by this rod.

A knot usually having two loops and two ends; a bowknot.

A frame for the lenses of a pair of eyeglasses.

The part of such a frame passing over the ear.

A rainbow.

An oxbow.

To bend or curve downward; stoop.

To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit.

To bend (the head, knee, or body) to express greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.

To convey (greeting, for example) by bending the body.

To escort deferentially

To cause to acquiesce; submit.

To overburden

To bend (something) into the shape of a bow.

(Music) To play (a stringed instrument) with a bow.

To bend into a curve or bow.

(Music) To play a stringed instrument with a bow.

A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.

A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.

Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.

The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.

Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

(nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

(saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

(rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.

Obsolete spelling of bough

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To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

(intransitive) To become bent or curved.

(transitive) To make something bend or curve.

To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

(intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.

To debut.

(intransitive) To defer (to something).

(transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,; to crush; to subdue.

To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

To bend; to curve.

To stop.

To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; - often with down.

To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.

To play (music) with a bow.

An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility.

Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.

A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.

An arcograph.

Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.

Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.

The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.

One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.

A knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

A slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument

Front part of a vessel or aircraft;

Curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows

Something curved in shape

Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame

An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

A decorative interlacing of ribbons

A stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head;

Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;

Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting;

Bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

Play on a string instrument