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- noun Plural form of
sea-bow .
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Examples
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He admired and handled their long-handled double axes; their short sea-bows of horn and deer-sinew; their red Danish jerkins; their blue sea-cloaks, fastened on the shoulder with rich brooches; and the gold and silver bracelets on their wrists.
Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847
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When we came into the judge’s presence my uncle, after two or three sea-bows, expressed himself in this manner; “Your servant, your servant.
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When we came into the judge's presence my uncle, after two or three sea-bows, expressed himself in this manner; "Your servant, your servant.
The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746
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