bow-handn.
/ˈbəʊhand/ 1. The hand which holds the bow in archery, i.e. the left hand. Hence, †wide on the bow-hand: wide of the mark, ‘out’.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > left hand
winstereOE
left handc1275
bridle hand?1561
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buckler-hand1676
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shield-hand1891
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 132 Wide a the bow hand, yfaith your hand is out. View more context for this quotation
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 39 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He shootes wyde on the Bow hand, & very far from the marke.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 534 Atrides' dart of Helenus the thrust out bow-hand struck.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn2/1 I am much o' the bow hand else.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 89 You are on the bow-hand still, Smith.
1871 R. Browning Balaustion 26 Thou must arm The bow-hand.
2. The hand which holds the bow of a violin, etc., i.e. the right hand; transferred style of playing.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > bowing > manner of bowing
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ponticello1847
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1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers ii. 29 He has..the most luxurious bow-hand of any man in Europe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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