674 General Notes. [July, 
BowYeEr, a maker of bows. 
RACER (wrist-guard), a TNR for protecting the archer’s wrist from being 
galled by his bowstri 
a pact Ase adh hending the bow and putting the eye of the string in the upper 
aratory to shootin ng. The different methods of bracing throughout the 
wor i Dira an interesting stu 
BUTTS, pire banks of earth sited formerly for targets. 
BUTT-SHAFT, a blunt arrow for shooting at a butt, the ancient style of target. 
gee k ga il ang “oie of bone, antler, &c., used for shaping flint arrow- 
r-hea 
Big FEATHER, that Kitkas of an arrow which is uppermost when the bow is 
oe OUND Bow, made of two or more pieces of wood, bone, horn, antler, lashed or 
riveted together, : 
EYE, the ay of a bowstring which passes over the upper nock in bracing. 
“FACES, the broad, flattened portions of an arrow-head. 
Facets, the little surfaces left by chipping out a stone arrow-head. 
FEATHERING, the strips of feather at the butt of an arrow, including the method of 
seizing or fastening. i 
FLAKING HAMMER, called also hammer stone, a stone used for knocking off flakes 
making flint arrow-heads, &c. 
Pieder, an arrow-maker, akin to feche. 
FOOTING, a piece of wood inserted in the shaftment of an arrow at the nock. 
FORESHAFT, a piece of hard wood, bone, ivory, antler, &c., at the ie ae end of an 
ke arrow to give weight and to serve for the attachment of the sss 
GRAFTED Bow, a species of compound bow formed of two pieces oai toge 
; the handle. 
SE GRIP, the part of a bow grasped in the hand. The 
: the ovrording part of swords, daggers, &c., hae it is 
GUARD en shield of leather or other substance fastened to the 
the left hand to prevent injury from the bowstring (see bra cer). 
Horn, the end of a bow when made of horn. 
Limps,’the part of a bow above and below the handle or grip. f that 
er Nock; properly the noth in the horn of a bow, but Aia via to the ber wae * 
part on which the string is fastened. Upper “Bs e hel ch in 
ae bra flay: Lower n mp, the one on the raaa in b iig so th 
_ the end of an arro 
Nocxine, placing ae arrow on the string preparatory to shooting. 
ae ‘Noceine-roner, that place on a bowstring where the nock of the 
` > fitted, often whipped with silk. 
Noose, the ae of a string which occupies the lower horn of a bow. be 
_ OVER-ARROws, those shot directly over the center of the mark and and beyond 
_. target. 
should be applied te 
ne Ti differentiated in any 
arrow is to be 
OVERHAND, shooting overhand is to shoot at the mark over the bow-hand, when eet. 
; head of the arrow is drawn inside the bow. nocks ee 
Daca of — fish-skin or other soft substance used in binding the 
_ the grip o f bows. name, 
PÍLE, the head - an archery arrow; any arrow-head may bear the same g 
_ which we may have a one.pile, foei three-pile arrow, &c. . ie aa 
Prrcuineo0t, or or pesppinetiol, a column of antler or other hard substan 
between n the hammer and the core A flakes of stone. 
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