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Bow
Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Sourcebow, implement used in playing stringed instruments. Its name originated from the fact that in its early form it resembled an archer's bow, but by the 17th cent. the European bow had gradually become flat. The violin bow received its definitive form during the period from 1775 to 1781 at the hands of François Tourte (1747-1835). He made the bow of brazilwood (Pernambuco wood), gave it a slightly concave curvature, and invented the device by which the horsehairs are held in place and tightened. The cello and the double bass are played with a bow that is shorter, broader, and heavier than the violin bow.
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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This SourceBow, river, 315 mi (507 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., S Alta., Canada, and flowing SE through Banff National Park. It emerges from the mountains in the Bow River Pass and continues past Calgary southeastward across the plains to its junction with the Belly River to form the South Saskatchewan River. Several dams have been built along the Bow, most notably the Bassano or Horseshoe Bend Dam (built 1912).
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Bow
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceBow may mean:
- Bow (knot), a type of knot
- Bow tie, a piece of decorative clothing (like neck tie)
- Bow (weapon), an archery weapon that uses elasticity to propel arrows
- Bow (music), a device used to play a stringed instrument
- Musical bow, a musical instrument resembling an archer's bow, not to be confused with the bow used to play a stringed instrument
- E-bow, a hand-held, battery-powered electronic device for playing the electric guitar
- Bow (composite materials), a conditional longitudinal curvature in pulltruded parts
- Bow Bells, church bells within hearing range of which Cockneys traditionally originate
All the above are pronounced to rhyme with "no". Pronounced to rhyme with "now", the word can mean:
- Bowing (social), the act of lowering the head or the upper body
- Bow (ship), the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
- Bow collector, an electric pick-up device for trains and trams
- Best of Winners (BOW), a designation achieved by dogs at a conformation show
Games
- B.O.W. for Bio-Organic Weapon - a creature created due to exposure of a viral agent in the Resident Evil series
Bow may also denote the places:
- Bow, Devon, England
- Bow, London, England (historically called Stratford atte Bowe)
- Bow, Orkney, Scotland
- Bow, New Hampshire, United States
- Bow, Washington, United States
- The Bow (Calgary), a building in Calgary, Alberta
- Bow River, a river in the Canadian province of Alberta
Other uses:
- Bow (She-Ra), a character from She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Bows (band), a band from the UK
See also
- Rainbow, an optical phenomenon causing coloured bands to appear in the sky
- Oxbow (disambiguation)
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