Bows and crossbows could shoot over obstacles by firing with high-arcing ballistic trajectories in order to reach the enemy when the person or object had some frontal but no overhead cover ( such as when troops are in melee with the enemy ) — albeit with much less accuracy.

Bows sometimes lose their correct camber ( see above ), and are recambered using the same heating method as is used in the original manufacture.

Bows for particular instruments are often designated as such: " violin bow ", " cello bow ", and so on.

Bows of traditional materials with significant reflex are almost all composite bows, made of the classic three layers of horn, wood, and sinew ; they are a variant of the recurve form normally used for such bows.

: These are found on LEIs, Bows and some foils.

Bows are the traditional greeting in East Asia, particularly in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam.

Bows are a required and expected part of any apology or expression of thanks in East Asia, especially Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

Bows of apology are frequently performed at press conferences by high-ranking members of a company that has performed some misdeed, such as producing faulty parts that resulted in a death.

Bows are commonly used in greeting, both when meeting and when departing.

Bows almost automatically accompany the greeting phrases, but generally are no longer used among the immediate family unless addressing a family member after or in anticipation of a long absence or separation.

Bows are used to begin and end practice, sparring bouts and competitions, and when entering and leaving the dojo, or practice room.

Bows are exchanged repeatedly throughout a tea ceremony, between the host and guest of honor, among the guests, between guests and the hosts assistants, and between the host and guests.

Bows are performed both in Shinto and Buddhist settings.

* Bow: Bows are usually used to provide ranged strikes to characters without the ability.

A couple of nurseries are dotted around as well, e. g. Buckles and Bows.

Bows and arrows ( made with high quality materials ), snail-shell belts and ceramic pots are traded with other tribes.

Bows are used for hunting and for archery.

Bows are usually very simple.

* " Elvis Bows, Bing Just Nods: High and Low Culture in Fancy Meeting You Here " by Gilbert L. Gigliotti

* Robert Taylor Homes Bows Out photos by ChicagoEye ( Lee Bey ).

Many of the songs were sung by the cast, including Debi Jones's light rendition of Buttons and Bows and Angela Walsh's heart-breaking rendition of Johnny Mercer's I Wanna Be Around.

Livingston and Evans, both members of ASCAP, won three Academy Awards, in 1948 for the song " Buttons and Bows ", written for the movie The Paleface ; in 1950 for the song " Mona Lisa ", written for the movie Captain Carey, U. S. A .; and in 1956 for the song " Que Sera Sera ", featured in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much and sung by Doris Day.

In the film, Hope sings the song Buttons and Bows ( by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ), which became his greatest hit by far when it came to record sales.

* 1949: Nathaniel Fein of New York Herald-Tribune, for his photo, The Babe Bows Out, of Babe Ruth at his number retirement by the Yankees.

The film was based on Death Takes No Bows, a mystery novel by Richard Burke.

As Bob Bows observes in his review of the 2008 Germinal Stage Denver production, whereas at first " ' The Birthday Party ' appears to be a straightforward story of a former working pianist now holed up in a decrepit boarding house ," in this play as in his other plays, " behind the surface symbolism ... in the silence between the characters and their words, Pinter opens the door to another world, cogent and familiar: the part we hide from ourselves "; ultimately, " Whether we take Goldberg and McCann to be the devil and his agent or simply their earthly emissaries, the puppeteers of the church-state apparatus, or some variation thereof, Pinter's metaphor of a bizarre party bookended by birth and death is a compelling take on this blink-of-an-eye we call life.

Bows can be had with a variety of cams, in a full spectrum from soft to hard.

Bows can be generally divided into three main types: informal, formal, and very formal.

* Bows ( band ), a band from the UK

Excavations in El Mina revealed skeletal remains of ancient wolves, eels, and gazelles, part of the ancient southern port quay, grinding mills, different types of columns, wheels, Bows, and a necropolis from the end of the Hellenistic period.

Bows usually taper from the handle to the tips.

Bows made from weaker woods such as birch or cherry benefit more from a rawhide backing.

Bows do not really consume anything the way an arquebus consumes gunpowder.

Bows and arrows were deadly at short range and in a fight on horseback or on foot but were ineffective against a well entrenched or fortified enemy.

Bows eventually replaced the spear-thrower as the predominant means for launching shafted projectiles, on every continent except Australia, though spear-throwers persisted alongside the bow in parts of the Americas, notably Mexico ( where the Nahuatl word for " spear-thrower " is atlatl ) and amongst the Inuit.

Their official residence today is the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, home also to the Itazipco ( No Bows ), the Minneconjou ( People Who Live Near Water ) and Oohenumpa ( Two Kettle ), all bands of the Lakota.

" Buttons and Bows " is a popular song.

Bows and arrows have been present in Egyptian culture since its predynastic origins.

Bows could be kept and ready to shoot for some time with little effort, allowing crossbowmen to aim better.

Bows were used in the opening stages of land battles, and at sea, but tended to be considered less " honourable " than a hand weapon.

* Bows Corners – A location southwest of York hamlet.

Bows for other members of the violin family typically have a wider ribbon, using more hairs.

Bows were about long when unbraced, similar in size to the famous English longbow.

Bows of stringed instruments such as the violin and cello often have mother of pearl inlay at the frog.

She also presented her own series entitled Strings, Bows, and Bellows for BBC Television.

Bows of apology tend to be deeper and last longer than other types of bow.