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A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula). Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. -- Miner's inch, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a giv…

d, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.

The old name of the jack at bowls. Beau. & Fl. To be one's own mistress, to be exempt from control by another person.

etal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

ding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors.

ody temperature; a fever. -- Movement cure. (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. -- Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge.

The bowfin.

r water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc. -- Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. CF. Harmonica, 1.

To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. B. Jonson.

skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck.

enying me any power of a negative voice. Eikon Basilike. Something between an affirmative bow and a negative shake. Dickens.

A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.

To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.

the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.

To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.