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  1. 1. n. The string of a bow. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To strangle with a bowstring. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the string of an archer's bow Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. The string of a bow. 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. -- Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. -- Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Balfour. To strangle with a bowstring. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n. the string of an archer's bow Source: ecdict

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