society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > string a bow > other bow-making processes (3)
transitive. To provide (a bow or arrow) with a nock or notch. Now rare.
transitive (reflexive). To make off with oneself; to hasten off, go away. Frequently imperative with hence or thence. Obsolete.
transitive. Archery. To reduce the inflexibility of (a bow). Now archaic.