- 2. Brook, torrent, rivulet, rill, beck, runnel, runlet, burn.
Bourse, n. [Fr.] Exchange.
Bout, n.
- 1. Turn, twist, flexure, curve, curvature. See bend.
- 2. Conflict, contest, set to, trial.
Bow, v. a.
- 1. Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make crooked.
- 2. Incline, turn downward, bend, bend down, droop, drop.
- 3. Depress, sink, cast down, bring down, crush, subdue.
- 4. Attend with bows, conduct with bows, express by bows.
Bow, v. n.
- 1. Bend, buckle, be inflected, be bent, give way.
- 2. Incline (in token of respect, reverence, or submission), bend the head, make a bow.
Bow, n. (Naut.) Fore part (of a ship), prow, beak, stem, fore-foot.
Bowels, n. pl.
- 1. Intestines, entrails, viscera, inwards, guts.
- 2. Inside, interior, interior parts, midst.
- 3. Compassion, pity, tenderness, mercy, mercifulness, feeling, fellow-feeling, sympathy.
Bower, n.
- 1. Arbor, shady recess, shady retreat, summer-house.
- 2. Bow-anchor, working-anchor.
- 3. Knave (of the trump color).