The Spanish cavalry were armed with lances and shields; the militia carried not only old fashioned carbines but lassos and bows and arrows.
The bows were such as we had seen on the American coast, and like those that were used by the Esquimaux.
As it could be of no use to me, and might be of consequence to others, I returned it to the bearer, and dismissed him with a few presents, for which he expressed his thanks, by making several low bows as he retired.
Those who stood ready with bows and arrows in their hands, had the spear slung over their right shoulder by a leathern strap.
They have alsobows and arrows; but, both from their apparent scarcity and their slender make, it may almost be presumed that they never use them in battle.
Even here the Indians were mostly armed withbows and arrows, and were relying upon their superior numbers for victory.
We now rowed into the bay, Tom Tubb feeling the way with the boat-hook, so that we might not run the risk of staving in the bows of the boat.
Though their object was to trade, as they brought off only a few bows and arrows, and a fruit in appearance and taste resembling an apple, we soon concluded our transactions with them.
Each canoe was furnished with an outrigger, as also with a projecting point, both over the bows and stern, to enable them to get on board out of the water.
Whenever the men showed any signs of relaxing their efforts Harry came to the bows and cheered them on, leaving Dick to steer.
Four hundred archers, with their bows and arrows, made a splendid and glorious show in Hide Park, with flying colours, and cross-bows to guard them.
Silence from his seat in the bows where he held the jib sheet.
Harris exchanged bows with him when he took the cup from his white hands, which he noticed were like the hands of a woman.
I made Sangree change into the bows and got into the steering seat myself, putting the girl between us so that I could watch them both by keeping their outlines against the sea and stars.
The wood of this species is also used in the neighbourhood of New York and Philadelphia for making the back bows of Windsor chairs.
The machine was fairly fixed in its place and looked extremely top-heavy, and with Vane in the stern as well, sent the boat's gunwale down within four inches of the surface and the bows up correspondingly high.
All at once, as they cut into a patch of the great dark flat leaves of the yellow water-lily, there was a tremendous swirl in the river just beyond the bows of the boat--one which sent the leaves heaving and falling for some distance ahead.
We were upon the point of turning upon our steps, and trying to secure a retreat among the fastnesses of the rougher ground, when I discovered the bows of two canoes projecting from behind a large rock which ran out into the water.
This being done, the bows point within a few degrees of the direction from which the wind issues, and the windward bow of course receives the shock of the waves.
In going over the bows his foot slipped, and he fell between two cakes of ice, never rising again.
These last words were accompanied by a laugh, and a somewhat bluff courtesy, as the speaker swayed his rigid and ungainly figure into a succession of awkward bows by which he retreated to the door.
The ship also feeling this pressure, instead of now rolling and plunging, was forced down into the stormy sea almost to the middle of her bulwarks, while her bows were completely buried.
The vessel ready a fortnight later, got under weigh, and was soon plunging her bows into the dark waters of the Atlantic.
A passage or two of holy Scripture will establish these points in the heart and mind of the pious reader who bows in lowly reverence to the authority of the divine word.
They can do much more in harness than in bows and yokes, but the expense of harness and the constant disorder into which it gets, render it cheaper to use more bullocks in the simpler tackle.
Unhelmed, she laid her blunt bows straight for the opening between Sangster and Squitty islands.
When it was quite finished, she came down the steps in her white dress and little thin shoes, with bows on them, and walked slowly along the pathway.
Above on the bows were wooden-stocked anchors stowed inboard, and aft on the quarters were iron davits with blocks intact--but no falls.
Under her bows rolled a volume of foam that was even discernible amid the universal agitation of the ocean; and, as she came within sound, the sullen roar of the water might have been likened to the noise of a cascade.
The ship no sooner crossed the schooner's bows than a Malay ran forward with a linstock.
We watched her great anchor go hurtling from the bows and heard the roar of chain cable as she paid out and swung round to the tide.
That looked like business and when Bertie saw the shore canoes alongside, armed with spears, bows and arrows, and Sniders, he wished more earnestly than ever that the cruise was over.
Under the stump of a shattered bowsprit projected from between bluff bows a weather-worn figurehead, representing the god of the sea.
She was full of water, and lay as deep as her main-chains; but her bows stood high, and her fore-chains were out of the sea.
Her bows slowly and heavily fell off from the north, leaving her precisely in a situation to receive the first shock on her broadside.
In a short time the chief of the warlike Pamunkies returned, accompanied by some of his people, armed with bows and arrows.
The boys with their bows shot at the eye of an axe, set up at twenty yards distance, and the governor rewarded their skill with knives and looking-glasses.
In a short time they bound the prisoner to a tree, and were about to shoot him to death, when Opechancanough holding up the compass, they all laid down their bows and arrows.
Then we looked over the canvas screen and saw that the other boat had her bows locked into our fo'c'sle, and had heeled over to an acute angle as she struck.
For the moment we thought she must sink—but, hailing her, the Captain requested her Commander to keep her bows locked in until we had ascertained the extent of the damage.
When next morning we arrived on board we had to traverse the whole length of the three ships to reach the bows of the farthest, where the torpedo control room is situated.
My lord, with his profoundest bows and blandest courtesies, greeted his aunt and led her to the fire, by which my lady (who was already hoping for an heir to Castlewood) lay reclining on her sofa.
Gumbo bowsand says, "Yes, sir," with still superior gravity.
The British merchant's hat was instantly off his head, and the owner of the beaver was making a prodigious number of bows as if a crown prince were before him.
At the landing he is met by Mr. Ruff, his landlord, who bows and cringes and puts into his honour's hand a strip of paper a yard long.
And she makes him a faint curtsey, as Harry bows a tremendous bow, and walks elsewhere amongst his guests.
The Bishop, who had been about to enter, stopped, and ran back with the most respectful bows and curtseys to the sedan-chair, giving his hand to the lady who stepped thence.
Yonder stands the dark Vizier, surrounded by his Janissaries, whose bows and swords are tired of drinking death.
Happy in their sorrow are they who, by reason of the force which bows their sensitive nature to the dust, cling the more closely in their true selves to the declared will of God!
He bows in trustful adoration before the greatness of the works and the unsearchable depth of the purpose of God which directs the works.
He is a little proud, it is true, and does not look sharp after his business; he is fond of amusements, and when an Israelite bows to him he gives a careless nod and does not try to make a friend of him .
Who greets the Wise Man bows before the greatness of the Creator," he said in a timid, shaking voice.
In the library and hall, children in white frocks, with silver bows fastened to them, pattering to and fro in unchecked excitement.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bows" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
