bow of promise
noun
A rainbow.
- With allusion to Genesis 9:12–17, in which the rainbow is a sign of God's promise not to repeat the Flood..
Origin
Early 19th century.
- high farming
- high fashion
- high-fat
- high-fed
- high-fiber
- high-fibre
- high fidelity
- high finance
- high-finished
- high five
- high-flash
- high-flashpoint
- high-flier
- high-flown
- high-flux
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- high-flying Tory
- high forest
- high franchise
- high frequency
- high-frequency alternator
- high-frequency amplification
- high-frequency heating
- high-frequency induction furnace