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Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.

To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

ese unbusied persons can continue in this playing idleness till it become a toil. Bp. Rainbow

Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden. Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.

Not cruddled, or curdled. [Obs.] Her breast like to a bowl of cream uncrudded. Spenser.

Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under…

Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.

Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

out seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34. A bargain at a venture made. Hudibras.

A griping of the bowels.

w receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc. [They drank] out of these noble vessels. Chaucer.

, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. Milton.

A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton. Gower.

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord. -- Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as C. Vitalba of Europe, and C. Virginiana of North America.

To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

ge; as, a sheep walk. A woody mountain . . . with goodliest trees Planted, with walks and bowers. Milton. He had walk for a hundred sheep. Latimer. Amid the sound of steps that beat The murmuring walks like rain. Bryant.