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mouth bow

maʊθ boʊ
WordNet
The man is standing on the bow of a ship with a cigar in his mouth. Sheet 42 recto from a sketchbook with 86 sheets.
The man is standing on the bow of a ship with a cigar in his mouth. Sheet 42 recto from a sketchbook with 86 sheets.
  1. (n) mouth bow
    a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
Usage in the news

His droll little mouth was drawn up like bow and the. eastbayri.com

Keep bad-mouthing the poor, and bowing to the rich. kansas.com

BIRTHDAY PARTIES Phoebe sings and plays guitar, dulcimer, mouth bow and autoharp while the children join in using her basket of bongos, tambourines, bells, shakers, and more. nymetroparents.com

0Hunters who hear I've taken sheep with a bow are often open - mouthed with amazement. huntingclub.com

Usage in literature

Those gentlemen who smile with their eyes instead of their mouths give the most charming bows. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873" by Various

The bow of the boat touched the huge boulders which formed a bar across the mouth of the cave. "The Northern Iron" by George A. Birmingham

One fighting whale took down the bow oarsman in its mouth, drowned the next two, and sent the rest flying with a single snap of its jaws. "All Afloat" by William Wood

He bowed his head and covered his mouth with his hand. "The Uncalled" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

He watched her with his heart in his mouth, and his worst fears were realized when he saw her lift her bow high up in the water. "Little Bobtail" by Oliver Optic

The bow of the great vessel slowly swung, and majestically she headed on her way out to the mouth of the bay. "The Young Alaskans" by Emerson Hough

The old rough doll, with the broken mouth, stood up and bowed to the pretty flowers. "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

Her mouth was deliciously saucy, with its bow-like curve, and its clear redness. "That Girl Montana" by Marah Ellis Ryan

Captain Ghent had anchored the big ship as close in as he dared and she sat bow-on to the channel-mouth. "The Black Buccaneer" by Stephen W. Meader

Gypsy took the apple in his mouth and made a little bow. "Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad" by Various

Usage in poetry
She took my hand. My heart beat wild.
She kissed my mouth. I bowed my head.
Then gazing in my eyes, she smiled:
"When did'st thou die?" she said.
The Captain of the Ships bowed low.
"Sir," he replied, "I will do so."
And down he rode to the harbour mouth,
To choose a boat to carry him South.