Defn: One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.
Halliwell.
BOW-BELLS
Bow"-bells`, n. pl.
Defn: The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually called cockneys. Murray's Handbook of London.
BOWBENT
Bow"bent`, a.
Defn: Bent, like a bow. Milton.
BOW-COMPASS
Bow"-com`pass, n.; pl. Bow-compasses (.
1. An arcograph.
2. A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow- shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
3. A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
BOWDLERIZE
Bowd"ler*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who
published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]