Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wood used for making bows; timber suitable for bows.
- noun The Osage orange, Maclura aurantiaca, of the Mississippi valley. Its very strong and elastic wood was much used by the Indians for their bows. See
Maclura .
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Examples
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“No one around here uses anything else but yew-heart for bow-wood,” he™d said.
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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Another name for this tree is yellow-wood, or bow-wood, because the wood is of a bright-yellow color, and the grain is so fine and elastic that the Southern Indians have been in the habit of using it to make their bows.
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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This is the famous bow-wood of the Indians; and taking a hint from these children of
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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A large cage had been constructed out of bow-wood with the straight reeds of the cane, and divided into many compartments -- so that birds of different species should be separated from each other.
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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(_Maclura aurantica_), the "bow-wood" of the Indians.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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The chugging rhythm of his auto harp (one reviewer compared it to the engines of the massive vessel) is the bedrock for Stoneman's flinty harmonica (sounding much like Bob Dylan's) and his singing, as strong and as supple as Osage bow-wood.
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(_gleditschias_), with their pretty pinnate leaves, and long purple-brown legumes; the Virginian lotus, with its oval amber-coloured drupes, and the singular bow-wood tree (_madura_), with its large orange-like pericarps, reminding one of the _flora_ of the tropics.
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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