present participle of bow down before the porcelain god

(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

(now chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station. / A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.

The string of an archer's bow. / (historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.

plural of bowser

plural of bowstring

(archaic) To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.

A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.

(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.