BOWSTRING
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Bow"string` (&unr_;), 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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Bow"string` (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringed (&unr_;) or Bowstrung (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.] To strangle with a bowstring.
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