Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To form like a bow; arch; bend; bow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Obs. or R., Obs. or R. To bend like a bow; to curve.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To bend like a bow; to curve.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

em- +‎ bow

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