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  • 21bow in — To make a first appearance in public • • • Main Entry: ↑bow …

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  • 22bow|el — «BOW uhl, bowl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a part of the bowels; intestine. SYNONYM(S): gut. –v.t. to take out the bowels of; disembowel …

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  • 23bow|ie — «BOW ee», noun. Scottish. 1. a tub. 2. a wooden container for milk or porridge. ╂[origin unknown] …

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  • 24Bow — (spr. Bau), Dorf der englischen Grafschaft Middlesex an der Lea; man fertigt Kattun, Porzellan, färbt Scharlach; 2500 Ew. Hier legte der Deutsche Kepler die erste Scharlachfärberei in England an, daher Bowfarbe, so v.w. Scharlach; 2) Insel im… …

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  • 25Bow. — Bow., bei Pflanzennamen Abkürzung für J. Bowie (spr. bō i), engl. Gärtner und Reisender am Kap der Guten Hoffnung und in Brasilien; starb 1818 …

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  • 26Bow — (Bau), engl. Flecken in der Grafschaft Middlesex, Vorstadt von London. mit 5000 E., einer bedeutenden Scharlachfärberei, Fabriken in Kattun und Porzellan …

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  • 27bow — index prostration, succumb, yield (submit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 28bow to — index obey, observe (obey), submit (yield) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29bow — bow1 bowedness, n. bowingly, adv. /bow/, v.i. 1. to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment. 2. to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable. 3. to bend or curve downward;… …

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  • 30bow — bow1 [bau] v 1.) to bend the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking an ↑audience ▪ She bowed and left the stage. ▪ Corbett entered the room, bowing respectfully. ▪ The servant bowed… …

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