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The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

Bent or curved in the form of a bow. "Arcuate stalks." Gray.

In the form of a bow.

A crossbow. Fosbroke.

A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden.

Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.] Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell.

A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms. Tennyson.

Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved. [R.]

weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. (a) An arrow with a broad head. (b) A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad arrowhead.

Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows. [Obs.] And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. 1 Sam. xx. 40.

d; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to Ant: descend. Higher yet that star ascends. Bowring. I ascend unto my father and your father. John xx. 17.

A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.

astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

A crossbow. [Obs.] Blount.

An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

A crossbow. [Obs.]

om Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.