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bow back

[boh]

noun

  1. a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.



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“Happy,” it said, and Fay drew the bow back across the strings.

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But in archery, if you can pull a bow back, you have a chance.”

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“That’s just what we’re trying to get beginners to do. The basic thing is being able to pull the bow back. If you can’t pull the bow back, you can’t shoot.”

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“Or, he’s an avid hunter, so he wanted to be able to pull his bow back, that type of stuff.”

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"I can't play as good as this man could, but I could play something if that helps the surgeons to see exactly which areas of the brain is stimulated by my left fingers and my right hand which pulls the bow back and forth."

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