1) Cord
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1) Strangle
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A bow string joins the two ends of the bow stave and launches the arrow. Desirable properties include light weight, strength, resistance to abrasion, and resistance to water. Mass has most effect at the center of the string; one gram of extra mass in the middle of the string slows the arrow about as much as 3.5 grams at the ends. ==String forms== ...
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[hieroglyph] The ancient Egyptian Bowstring hieroglyph is an Egyptian language hieroglyph associated with the bow, and its use as a hieroglyph for the Archer hieroglyph, a symbol for `army`. Because of the strength required to `string a bow`, with a bow string, the bowstring hieroglyph is used to define words of strength, hardness, durabili...
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• (n.) The string of a bow. • (v. t.) To strangle with a bowstring. • (n.) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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(from the article `bow and arrow`) The string, too, may be made of a variety of materials, the requisite being toughness. Bowstrings have exhibited an enormous range of variation in ...
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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. ... <botany> Bowstring hemp, the...
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Bow'string` noun 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. --
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n] - the string of an archer`s bow
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noun the string of an archer`s bow
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A multi stranded string of either Dacron, Kevlar or Fastflight looped to the bow nocks or teardrops.
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