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bowstring
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Bowstring
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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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.
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Bowstring
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
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bowstring
(wn) | bowstring
n 1: the string of an archer's bow |
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Bowstring
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
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Bowstring bridge
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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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.
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Bowstring girder
(gcide) | Girder \Gird"er\, n. [From Gird to encircle.]
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1. One who, or that which, girds.
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2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam
to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor
beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member
discharging the same office, technically called a compound
girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor,
under Double.
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Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring,
Box, etc.
Girder bridge. See under Bridge.
Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars
united by diagonal crossing bars.
Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal
upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal
bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to
divide the space between the bars into a series of
triangles. --Knight.
Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden
beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped
together by iron bolts.
[1913 Webster]Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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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.
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Bowstring hemp
(gcide) | Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine,
Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis ({Cannabis
sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
various other plants yielding fiber.
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2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
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African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and
Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.
Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis ({Galeopsis
Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.
Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
(Crotalaria juncea).
Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina),
related to the amaranth.
[1913 Webster]Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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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.
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Bowstringed
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
[1913 Webster]Bowstringed \Bow"stringed`\, p. a.
1. Furnished with bowstring.
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2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
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Bowstringing
(gcide) | Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
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african bowstring hemp
(wn) | African bowstring hemp
n 1: bowstring hemp of South Africa [syn: {African bowstring
hemp}, African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis] |
bowstring hemp
(wn) | bowstring hemp
n 1: hemp obtained from the sansevieria
2: strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria
and used for e.g. cordage
3: grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped
leaves or as a source of fiber [syn: sansevieria,
bowstring hemp] |
ceylon bowstring hemp
(wn) | Ceylon bowstring hemp
n 1: plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in
light and dark green [syn: Ceylon bowstring hemp,
Sansevieria zeylanica] |
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