outbow

verb

outbow

verb

/aʊtˈbaʊ/

Etymology From out- + bow.

1

To surpass in bowing.

  • His character and gloves are ever clean, / And then he can outbow the bowing dean1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:

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