Vocabulary : Bowstring to Box tail

Bowstring : The string of a bow. ;; A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. ;; To strangle with a bowstring.
Bowstringed : of Bowstring ;; Furnished with bowstring. ;; Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
Bowstringing : of Bowstring
Bowstrung : of Bowstring
Bowtel : See Boultel.

Bowwow : An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark. ;; Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.
Bowyer : An archer; one who uses bow. ;; One who makes or sells bows.
Box : A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. ;; A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. ;; The quantity that a box contain. ;; A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. ;; A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. ;; A small country house. ;; A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. ;; An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. ;; A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. ;; The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. ;; A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. ;; The square in which the pitcher stands. ;; A Me
Box kite : A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also Hargrave, / cellular, kite.
Box tail : In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.

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