† inˈbow, v. Obs.
[f. in-1 + bow v.1 In Wyclif rendering L. incurvāre, inclīnāre.]
1. trans. To bend into a curved or arched form; to incurve, arch. Cf. bow v. 9, embow v.1 2.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. lix. 8 The pathis of them inbowid [L. incurvatæ, 1388 bowid] ben to them. 1465 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 496 Paid..fore inbowenge of dyverse werke. c 1520 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 202 Radulpho Turret inbowyng tymber per iij dies. 1552–1625 [see inbowed below]. |
2. To bow or bend (towards); to incline.
| 1382 Wyclif Ps. xliv. 11 Here, doȝter, and see, and inbowe [L. inclina] thin Eere. Ibid. cxiv. 2 For he inbowide his ere to me; and in my daȝis I shal inwardly clepe. |
Hence † inˈbowed ppl. a. [cf. embowed], bent into an arch, curved, arched. † inˈbowing vbl. n., curvature, arching, arched work.
| 1452 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 282, ij of the Bemys shalbe..inbowed with lozinggys. Ibid., iij sengulere Principalls in werkyng in inbowyng and in Scantlyon accordyng to the Principalls. 1465 Inbowenge [see 1]. 1552 Huloet, Beame of a rouffe, not beynge inbowed or fretted. 1556 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 564 The holle rooffe of ooke inbowed. 1625 Bacon Ess., Building (Arb.) 551 For Inbowed Windowes [Latin text prominentes sive arcuatas], I hold them of good Vse. |