water-bown.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəbəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌboʊ/,

/ˈwɑdərˌboʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bow n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + bow n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier rainbow n.

rare.

†1. Apparently: a device for shooting water, intended for use in firefighting. Cf. water cannon n. at water n. Compounds 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > guns discharging water

water-bow1632

water cannon1891

water pistol1897

1632 T. Grent Brit. Patent 59 (1857) 1 A water bowe, being a manuall instrument made very serviceable for divers vses, especially for the more speedie preservacion of houses vpon the land and shipps vppon the sea from suddaine fire.

2. poetic.

a. A rainbow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow

rainbowc1384

iris1490

water-bow1827

1827 G. Darley Sylvia 16 With their varied colours blending Hues to shame the water-bow.

1948 E. Warner New Song in Strange Land iv. 62 Then a ‘water-bow’ arches across the sky.

†b. An arc formed by a jet or stream of water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout

waterspout1607

jettoa1660

girandolac1660

jet d'eau1669

gerbe1699

jetteau1710

grille1712

spirt1716

water jet1727

spurt1775

girandole1813

spring1818

water-bow1855

sea-spout1867

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow

yokec1155

archa1592

arc1642

instep1681

water-bow1855

outspan1887

1855 R. Browning Cleon 252 They praise a fountain in my garden here Wherein a Naiad sends the water-bow Thin from her tube.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-bow
释义	water-bown. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌboʊ/, /ˈwɑdərˌboʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bow n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + bow n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier rainbow n. rare. †1. Apparently: a device for shooting water, intended for use in firefighting. Cf. water cannon n. at water n. Compounds 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > guns discharging water water-bow1632 water cannon1891 water pistol1897 1632 T. Grent Brit. Patent 59 (1857) 1 A water bowe, being a manuall instrument made very serviceable for divers vses, especially for the more speedie preservacion of houses vpon the land and shipps vppon the sea from suddaine fire. 2. poetic. a. A rainbow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow rainbowc1384 iris1490 water-bow1827 1827 G. Darley Sylvia 16 With their varied colours blending Hues to shame the water-bow. 1948 E. Warner New Song in Strange Land iv. 62 Then a ‘water-bow’ arches across the sky. †b. An arc formed by a jet or stream of water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout waterspout1607 jettoa1660 girandolac1660 jet d'eau1669 gerbe1699 jetteau1710 grille1712 spirt1716 water jet1727 spurt1775 girandole1813 spring1818 water-bow1855 sea-spout1867 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow yokec1155 archa1592 arc1642 instep1681 water-bow1855 outspan1887 1855 R. Browning Cleon 252 They praise a fountain in my garden here Wherein a Naiad sends the water-bow Thin from her tube. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1632
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