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Pronunciation : Bow"string`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The string of a bow.

2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. -- Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. -- Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Balfour.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bow"string`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To strangle with a bowstring.

t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringed ( or Bowstrung (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913