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  BOW - LoveToKnow Article on BOW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
the bow of a watch), certain instruments or tools consisting of a bent piece of wood with the ends drawn together by a string, used for drilling, turning, andc., in various crafts, and the stick strung with horsehair by means of which the strings of instruments of the violin family are set in vibration.
Bow, an inclination of the head or body, though pronounced as bough, is of the same orgin as bow.
The invention of a movable nut propelled by a screw is ascribed to the elder Tourte (fig.
16.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BOW.htm   (4156 words)

  
 Bow (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hun bow is an asymmetric, composite and reflex bow.
The Hungarian bow, an improvement of the Hun bow for archers on foot, is a symmetric, composite and reflex bow.
The Mongol bow is the type most often referred to as the typical Asian recurve bow, made as a composite bow, from ibex (or more traditionally) water buffalo horn, sinew, birk wood and birk bark, and bamboo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bow_(weapon)   (2702 words)

  
 Bow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bow (human): Bowing is the act of lowering the head or the upper body
Bow River: A river in the Canadian province of Alberta
Bowing (social): a bending of the waist used as a respectful greeting
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bow   (228 words)

  
 Bow'n Dictionary
Bows are often categorized by draw weight, bow type, bow construction, or the type of archery it is used for.
It is a simple and ancient measurement for an archer to determine the brace height of a bow by placing the fist on the bow handle and raising the thumb toward the string.
The bow is held with a bent (bowarm) elbow, fairly close to the body.
members.aol.com /tradbowmd/archdict.htm   (10986 words)

  
 The bowed string   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the contemporary bow, the wooden support for the hair is bent towards the hair - not away from it like an archery bow, or like the violin bows of the eighteenth century.
It is also true of the string and the bow, and the player puts rosin on the bow to give a big difference between the two conditions: the coefficient of static friction is high, while that of sliding friction is very low.
The differences between bowing the fundamental and bowing the second harmonic are shown in a graphic at the bottom of the page.
www.phys.unsw.edu.au /~jw/Bows.html   (1633 words)

  
 Fly Fish Alberta ~ Bow River Alberta Fly Fishing ~ Fly Fish Alberta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Bow River has a city and an international community full of adoring fans and intimate friends who have tales and stories of days spent adrift with fish emptying their reels, screaming away from its pursuer.
There is no other river quite like the Bow: one would be hard pressed to think of anywhere else in the world that you can enjoy a gourmet meal in one of Calgary's many fine restaurants and within an hour be catching some of the finest and wildest trout available anywhere.
Successful Bow River fly fishermen aren't closed~minded to new tricks or new methods; adaptability and willingness to change will see dramatically different results: when the fish are rising it is dry flies; when they aren't it's time to chose from an accepted set of nymphs or streamers chosen by guides from their years of experience.
www.flyfishalberta.com /rivers/bowriver.htm   (2024 words)

  
 bow
In some cultures the bow is a formal gesture, as in Japan, where people are judged by their bows.
A casual hello to Japanese colleagues is a quick bend to a 15-degree angle; a respectful greeting to customers or superiors is a 30-degree bow; a formal apology involves a quick bend to a 45-degree angle, held to a count of three, with a slow return to upright posture.
Bowing at the boss's door is a common act inspired by the reptilian brain.
members.aol.com /doder1/bow1.htm   (505 words)

  
 The Bow
Bows are generally made by specialist bow makers although some violin makers have made bows as well.
Too many good bows have been badly damaged by people who have learned bow rehairing from a book and think that it might be a lucrative way to watch television.
A nice well shaped cambre right to the tip of the bow, which results in the stick touching 2/3 of the length of the bow from the frog, when the frog and head are resting on a flat surface and the bow is under no tension.
www.centrum.is /hansi/thebow.html   (932 words)

  
 Bow Master - Protect your castle from the attacking foot soldiers, archers, ogres, dragons etc using your ...
Bow Master - Protect your castle from the attacking foot soldiers, archers, ogres, dragons etc using your archers...needs skills...
Kill all the soldiers, archers, ogres etc to complete the level and finally defeat the commanding general of the attacking army.
Hold Down the Left Mouse Button on the bow at the top of the castle then move your Mouse to set the direction as well as the power.
bow-master.freeonlinegames.com   (151 words)

  
 Bow Lane Dental Group - London City Dentist, Cosmetic Dentistry London, Tooth Whitening London
Cosmetic Dentist and owner of Bow Lane Dental Group, James Goolnik, is a director of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) and every Bow Lane Cosmetic Dentist is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD).
Bow Lane Dental Group are dedicated to the field of cosmetic dentistry and their commitment to developing their team of cosmetic dentists has now lead to them being awarded the Investor in People Award.
Bow Lane’s cosmetic dentists place hundreds of veneers and porcelain veneers a year and are therefore far more skilled in placing veneers and porcelain veneers than dentists who has only placed a few veneers or porcelain veneers.
www.bowlanedental.com   (691 words)

  
 BOW
BOW gives women (18 and older) the opportunity to learn about hunting, fishing and related activities in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
The first BOW clinic was conducted in Wisconsin in September 1991.
Registration for the Friendly Pines BOW weekends covers meals, lodging in a rustic cabin, and most miscellaneous expenses related to the workshops, and is only $215 per woman.
www.azwildlife.org /bow.htm   (487 words)

  
 Bow, New Hampshire
Bow is the birthplace of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the First Church of Christ, Scientist and leader of the Christian Science movement.
Bow’s 2000 population of 7,138 was more than six and a half times larger than the 1950 population of 1,062, a total increase of 6,076 residents.
The 2004 Census estimate for Bow was 7,961 residents, which ranked 38th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/bow.html   (347 words)

  
 The `Bow' Toolkit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bow: A Toolkit for Statistical Language Modeling, Text Retrieval, Classification and Clustering
Bow (or libbow) is a library of C code useful for writing statistical text analysis, language modeling and information retrieval programs.
"Bow: A toolkit for statistical language modeling, text retrieval, classification and clustering." http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mccallum/bow.
www.cs.cmu.edu /~mccallum/bow   (432 words)

  
 Bow Brummell: How To Tie a Bow Tie
Form a bow with the navy end as shown.
Form a bow with the yellow end as shown.
Find out how to order a bow tie hand-made by a Maine seamstress (they also sell ready-tied bow ties, but be brave of heart and go for the authentic, unravelled version.)
www.tcf.ua.edu /bowtie   (228 words)

  
 Aussie Fire Bow
The bow drill once mastered is much simpler and enables you to use a wide variety of timbers.
If the cord is thin and you are afraid it will break when you first put the drill to it and apply the twist, start with the drill almost parallel to the cord and gently apply the twisting force while rolling the drill backwards and forwards.
Have the bow string facing your leg with the bow wood horizontal and away from your leg, the rope pointing in a straight line along the hearth board, otherwise the drill will keep jumping out of the hearth board bowel that forms or break out the side of your board.
www.uq.net.au /~zzdlittl/aussiefirebow.html   (6356 words)

  
 Laura Bow
In the roaring 20's, seemingly mousey Laura Bow is a detective in the very best Jessica Fletcher sense of the term.
Laura Bow II: Dagger of Amon Ra Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music Written 1991 by Roberta Williams and Bruce Balfour.
Comments: Laura Bow moves to the Big Apple for her promising new career as a reporter and is quickly assigned the scoop of learning about the newly excavated artifact, the Dagger of Amon Ra, at the Leyendecker Museum.
www.if-legends.org /~adventure/Sierra_On-Line,_Inc/LauraBow.html   (688 words)

  
 bow - Wiktionary
To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
A gesture, usually showing respect, made by bending forward at the waist.
To perform a bow as a gesture of respect.
en.wiktionary.org /wiki/bow   (331 words)

  
 GENUKI: Bow, Devon - Genealogy
"BOW, or NYMET TRACEY, is a small, decayed market town, on the banks of a rivulet, 7½ miles W. of Crediton.
Bow from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.
Carbonnell, Barbara M.H. Notes on the History of the Parishes of Nymet Tracy, alias Bow, with Broad Nymet.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/Bow   (589 words)

  
 Fool's Bow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fool's Bow - The archery haste, archery range and archery damage bonuses on the Bow have been each reduced by 2%.
The argo that had the bow turned out to be on his lonesome OUTSIDE the pit, in fact on the other side of Desmona's Island near Stone Finger Reef, around /loc 20k, 43k.
When the harpies are flying it means they have dropped the bow and it is down there on one of those octipi, you just got to find the right one.
www.visionofsages.net /toa/artifacts/fool.html   (1210 words)

  
 Dog Boarding, Pet Boarding from Campbowwowusa.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We provide doggy day camp for clients wishing to drop their dogs off in the morning and pick them up in the evening, as well as overnight boarding for travelers.
Camp Bow Wow® has been featured in newspapers, magazines, television shows and various web sites as a wonderful alternative to the traditional kennel.
We have over 150 Camp Bow Wows opening across the country in the next year as our franchise system continues to grow.
www.campbowwowusa.com   (242 words)

  
 Bow High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bow High School is a comprehensive public high school, serving student in Bow, New Hampshire.
BHS will start it’s fourth year in September of 2000 and our student population will be approximately 560 in grades 9-12.
Because of this, it would be greatly appreciated if you would Click here to send an Email to the Webmaster to tell us that you have a need for the no-frames version.
www.bow.k12.nh.us /bhs   (171 words)

  
 Bow. James Bow.
James may not be as ubiquitous as Michael and Bow may not be as common as Smith, but these names of mine aren’t rare either.
I’ve known that there are other “James Bow”s out there, but I’ve at least taken solace in the fact that I seem to be the only “James Bow” with any presence on the Internet.
James Bow is a licensed psychologist operating in Livonia, Michigan and his domain name is www.drjamesbow.com.
www.bowjamesbow.ca /blog.shtml   (2957 words)

  
 Becoming an Outdoors
BOW and the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman logo are registered trademarks of the program and cannot be reproduced without permission.
There are just 8 spaces available for this very special learn-to-hunt turkey program.
the programs BOW offers you should just do it.
www.uwsp.edu /cnr/bow   (194 words)

  
 Bow Ties for Tie Connoisseurs - Bow ties, ascot, cravats, cummerbunds, pocket squares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont is the premier source of silk bow ties, neckties and coordinates for for men.
Our handmade bow ties are available as Freestyle (tie-it-yourself), Clip on and Pre-Tied ties.
Learn more about the man behind Beau Ties at Bow Tie Bill's Blog, and take our Beau Ties Ltd. Virtual Tour to learn more about the care and craftsmanship that goes into each and every one of our handmade bow ties and hand-crafted silk Ascots, Cravats, Cummerbunds, and Pocket Squares.
www.beautiesltd.com   (225 words)

  
 www.alwaysblack.com home
The Star Wars films are great, but they're also just that, films, a form of entertainment to be enjoyed during breaks from my very real and financially challenging life (mortgage, two cats, a broken gutter and a car that needs some attention.
So I didn't bow because I wanted to 'roleplay' the Jedi of the game.
They'll show each other a degree of respect that is just absent from most other multiplayer games and they express that respect in a variety of ways, from the odd little emergent bow to ad hoc lessons from complete strangers to clans adopting the padawan/master relationship outlined in the films.
www.alwaysblack.com /blackbox/bownigger.html   (1992 words)

  
 AllaKhazam's Magical Realm - Your Everquest Community
The only bad part about this bow is I dont have EQ yet and ran out of arrows in no time.
Haste cap or not I'ld like to see what a endless quiver/ max aaxp in bow skills ranger with a 15 damage or better arrow in his ammo slot would say about using this bow along with the others.
i jsut got a velium light bow and the relay time is less that a second per shot and damage anywhere between 20 and 80 and crits as high as 215 w/o trueshot disc.
everquest.allakhazam.com /db/item.html?item=5833   (2994 words)

  
 Bowhunter Online
From the wilds of Alaska to the Texas brush, from the barrens of Newfoundland to the African veldt, you'll thrill to close-range encounters with whitetail deer, moose, elk, bears, caribou, and other big game.
I've killed plenty of birds with my shotgun, but when it comes to taking one with the bow, I'm snakebit.
Every turkey season I begin with bow in hand and high hopes.
www.bowhunter.com   (310 words)

  
 The Bow Group Ltd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Bow Group was established in Swindon in 1984 and is now located in 48,000 sq ft premises on Elgin Industrial Estate.
Our aim is to tailor our services to meet our customers' requirements.
The Bow Group Ltd : 2274 Dunbeath Road : Elgin Industrial Estate : Elgin : Swindon : SN2 8EA Tel.01793 651000 : Fax.01793 651016
www.thebowgroup.co.uk   (148 words)

  
 Bows - Bow Manufacturers, Bow Factories, Bow Suppliers, China Bows and Exporters
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 Thottbot World of Warcraft: Verdant Keeper's Aim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Just got this bow tonight, been after it ever since I saw how it stacked up against the other high level bows.
I got the bow of Searing Arrows at level 42 dropped and wondered if i should use or sell it.
I was using Needle threader, and I used that bow to death, finally got this one.
www.thottbot.com /?i=19544   (1180 words)

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