Bow vs Bowk - What's the difference?
bow | bowk |
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, similar to the item described above.
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.
* Bible, Genesis ix. 13
The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
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.
To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
To become bent or curved.
To make something bend or curve.
* Milton
* Prescott
(figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
* Francis Bacon
* Fuller
To premiere.
To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
* , chapter=4
, title= (transitive, and, intransitive) To debut.
* 2010 (publication date), Kara Krekeler, "Rebuilding the opera house", West End Word , volume 39, number 26, December 22, 2010 – January 11, 2011, page 1:
To defer (to something).
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist.
A debut
* {{quote-journal, 1832, , Literary Notices, The Rail-Road Journal
, passage=The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.}}
(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=6 (Geordie) To belch, to burp.
* 1966 , William Mayne, Earthfasts , Peter Smith (1989), ISBN 9780844664309,
* 1997 , Brian P. Martin, Tales of the Old Countrywomen , David & Charles (1997), ISBN 9780715303658,
* 2008 , Sid Waddell, Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie , HarperCollins (2008), ISBN 9780007247820,
(UK) To vomit.
* 2004 , Chris Donald, Rude Kids: The Unfeasible Story of Viz , HarperCollins (2004), ISBN 9780007190966,
* 2009 , Blythe Gifford, In the Master's Bed , Harlequin (2009), ISBN 9780373295623,
* 2010 , Mike Harper, Little Mickey H: A Norbury Lad , AuthorHouse (2010), ISBN 9781449015565,
* 2011 , Erica Bell, The Voyage of the Shuckenoor , Interactive Publications (2011), ISBN 9781921869549,
As verbs the difference between bow and bowk
is that bow is to play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow or bow can be to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference while bowk is (geordie) to belch, to burp.As a noun bow
is a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows or bow can be a gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist or bow can be (nautical) the front of a boat or ship.bow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) boga, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I do set my bow in the cloud.
Synonyms
* (bow-shaped bend) arc, bend, curve * (tool for playing stringed instruments) fiddlestickDerived terms
* bow and arrow * bowman * bowmanship * composite bow * compound bow * crossbow * longbow * oxbow * rainbow * shortbow * bow tieVerb
(en verb)- The musician bowed his violin expertly.
- The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
- We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness.
- The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny.
- Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
- not to bow and bias their opinions
- Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.Verb
(en verb)- The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room. She had lovely green hair and green eyes, and she bowed low before Dorothy as she said, "Follow me and I will show you your room."
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
Derived terms
* bow down * bow out * bow and scrape * take a bowNoun
(en noun)- He bowed politely as he entered the room.
- The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
citation
Etymology 3
From (etyl) boech or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow , though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.}}
Synonyms
* (of a ship) prowAntonyms
* (of a ship) poop, sternDerived terms
* bow shock * bow rudderSee also
* coll'arco * curtsy * kowtow * * * * * * *bowk
English
Alternative forms
*Verb
page 37:
- "That made me bowk'," he said; and he ' bowked again. He took another swig with caution, and gave the bottle to David, and they swigged at it in turn.
page 143:
- If this man did not feed the mill carefully and regularly it bowked with "indigestion" and this slowed everything up.
page 92:
- He claimed that meat or cheese made you 'bowk' (belch) and get stomach cramps — the last thing you need 'yakking' (using a pick) coal for eight tough hours in a two-foot 'cavil' (job area).
page 275:
- At that point another of my guests, a highly respected Newcastle art gallery owner by the name of Rashida, bowked up all over the floor behind me.
page 64:
- 'Take yourself to bed then. And don't whine to me tomorrow about how you bowked your guts out all night.'
page 107:
- Firstly, aged perhaps five or six after polishing off a banana and a slice of bread and butter in the back room at tea time, taking my plate out to the kitchen, I managed to make it only as far as the spin dryer in the hall before bowking richly over the lino.
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- Misima bowked beside him, bent over double. They made twin streams of yellow bile in the heather.