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“The viol, he argued, was in essence a bowed guitar, the result of a cross-fertilisation between the 15th-century Spanish plucked instrument known as the vihuela de mano and the medieval fiddle.”

“Heading over to the MacLeod Centre for some fresh air and a quick bowl of soup— forcing myself out of my little office, narrow work-self, out of the head-down attitude that I must finish what I;ve started — and turning the corner, I see a woman in a gold lame/ jacket and woollen hat with earflaps, playing some sort of stringed instrument in the sun. A bowed sultry, somebody says. 'A bowed what?' 'Psalter — as in psalm.'”

“The value 16/49 is evidently of importance as it corresponds to the first principal mode of vibration of a bowed string.”

“The mode of vibration of a bowed string is peculiar, since it is not a simple harmonic motion.”

“[…] the deadly fight / At Sparta sing, that nigh / Kithairon’s heiglits was fought, whereby / The Persian host of bent-bowed archers came / To ruin; […]”

“Now some of our weak-bowed archers are using glass sights on their bows for 100-yard shooting.”

“Replace any badly bowed studs, or fix a bowed stud by making a cut into the bowed area, forcing the stud straight, and bracing it with a 1x cleat (see the bottom illustration at right).”

“A bowed tendon is one of the most serious leg problems for racehorses .”