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essel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

: we play A round or two; which used, we throw away. Granville. The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round. Prior.

Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

A privy near the bow of the vessel.

ng round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. Shak.

To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. I. Watts.

-- Running board, a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. -- Running bowsprit (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit. -- Running days (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under working days. Simmonds. -- Running fire, a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- Running gear, the wheels and…

od sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows. Jer. Taylor.

, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string. [Obs.]

A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. Shak.

lutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead. [Written also salaam.]

Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc. You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must take the freedom to salute it. Addison.

omen's shoes. -- Farmer's satin. See under Farmer. -- Satin bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bower bird. Called also satin grackle. -- Satin flower (Bot.) See Honesty, 4. -- Satin spar. (Min.) (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly luster. (b) A similar variety of gypsum. -- Satin sparrow (Zoöl.), the s…

The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

. We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.

One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.