NORTH AMERICAN BOWS, ARROWS, AND QUIVERS. 635 



VOCABULAltV OF AKCIIICKV. 



Archek, old Ereueli archicr, Latin arcarlus, Iroui arcus, a, how ; one wlio slioots with 

 a bow ; wlieuce aiciicry, shooting with a bow. 



AH-M-(ii'AiU). The Japanese, in releasing, revolve the bow in the left hand; a gnanl 

 is worn on the outer side of the forearm to catch the blow of the string. 



Arrow, a piercing, stunning, or cnttiugmissilc shot from a Low. The possible parts 

 are the pile or head, barl)-piece, ibreshaft, shaft or stele, feathering, nock, and seiz- 

 ings. 



Arrow ckment, substance used in lastening the arrow-head to tlie shaft. A few 

 tribes use glue or cement in making the sinew-backed bow. 



ARRt)WiiEAD, the part of an arrow designed to produce a wound. 'I'he ]>arts of the 

 primitive stone arrow-head are the ti)) or apex, faces, sides or edges, base, shank 

 or tang, and facettes. 



Arrow straightener, a. piece of bone, horn, wood, or ivory, with a perforation to 

 serve as a wrench in straightening arrow-shafts, barbs, etc. 



Back (side), the part of the bow away from the archer. 



Backed. A bow is backed when along the outside are fastened strips of wood, 

 hone, horn, rawhide, baleen, sinew, or cord to increase the elasticity. 



Baldric, the straji supporting a quiver or sheath, being worn over one shoulder, 

 across the breast, and under the opposite arm; generally much ornamented. 



Baub-piece, thb piece of ivory, etc., on some arrows attached to the true head, and 

 liaving barbs on the sides. This should be carefully discriminated from the 

 foreshaft, which has another function altogether. 



Base of an arrow-head, the portion which fits into the shal't. 



Bkt.ly (inside), the part of a bow toward the archer, usually rounded. 



Bow, an elastic weapon for casting an arrow irom a, string. (Sec Self-bow. com- 

 pound bow, backed bow, gral'ted bow, built-uj) bow. ) It IS the manual jiart of 

 the weapon. 



Bow arm, the arm holding the bow. 



Bow CAfSE, a long bag or case of wood, skin, leather, or cloth, in w hich the bow is kept 

 when not in use. Same as quiver. 



Bow STAVE, the bow in a rough state. Bow-staves were an important item of com- 

 merce prior to the use of gun-powder and every thrifty Indian kept several on 

 hand to work on at his leisure. 



Bow-snoT, the distance to whiidi an arrow Hies from a bow. 



Bow.STRiNG, the string used in discharging a liow. 'Vh^\ substances used, the method 

 of treatment, and of nocking arc imjxirtant to notice. 



Bow WOOD, the substances used for bows, generally Avood. but horn, antler, bone, and 

 metal have been employed. 



BOWYER, a maker of bows. In many tribes these were profc^ssional bowyers. 



Bracer (wrist-guard), a contrivame for protecting the archer's wrist Irom being 

 galled by his bow-string. 



Bracing (stringing), bending the bow and putting the eye of the string over the up- 

 per nock i)reparatory to shooting. The different methods of bracing throughout 

 the world form an interesting study. 



Built-up bow, one made by glueing jiieces of elastic wood and other sulistanccs 

 together, as in Asiatic examples (H. Balfour, -/oHr. Anthrup. Just. vol. xix.) 



Butts, pyramidal banks of earth nsed formerly for targets. 



Bi'TT-SHAFT, a blunt arrow for shooting at a butt, the ancient style of target. 



Chipping iia.mmer, called also hammer stone, a stone used for knocking off chips or 

 spalls in making stone arrowhi>ads. There are really two l<imls of these ham- 

 mers, the hanmier stone and the chipping hammer. 



Cock-feather, that feather of an arrow w hich is upjiermost when the bow is drawn. 



CoMPOTTND bow, made of two or more ])ieces of wood, bone, antler, horn, or whale- 

 bone lashed or riveted or spliced together. 



