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• Bowstring, Minnesota — Bowstring is an unincorporated community in the Bowstring Lake unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. It is located about 10 miles north of Deer River on Minnesota State Highway 6.The town name appears on some state… …   Wikipedia

• Bowstring — Bow string , n. 1. The string of a bow. [1913 Webster] 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. [1913 Webster] {Bowstring bridge}, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bowstring bridge — Bowstring Bow string , n. 1. The string of a bow. [1913 Webster] 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. [1913 Webster] {Bowstring bridge}, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bowstring girder — Bowstring Bow string , n. 1. The string of a bow. [1913 Webster] 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. [1913 Webster] {Bowstring bridge}, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bowstring hemp — Bowstring Bow string , n. 1. The string of a bow. [1913 Webster] 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. [1913 Webster] {Bowstring bridge}, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bowstring — Bow string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowstringed}or {Bowstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowstringing}.] To strangle with a bowstring. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bowstring — [bō′striŋ΄] n. 1. a cord stretched from one end of an archer s bow to the other 2. any strong, light cord vt. bowstringed or bowstrung, bowstringing to strangle with a bowstring; garrote …   English World dictionary

• Bowstring Lake, Minnesota — Bowstring Lake is an unorganized territory in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2000 census.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 284.1 square… …   Wikipedia

• bowstring hemp — n. 1. SANSEVIERIA 2. hemplike fiber from the leaves of certain sansevierias …   English World dictionary

• Bowstring (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… …   Wikipedia

• bowstring girder — noun see bowstring beam * * * bowstring truss or bowstring girder, a truss in which a curved beam is held together by a horizontal tie attached to the ends of the beam …   Useful english dictionary