imbow

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ bow.

Verb

imbow (third-person singular simple present imbows, present participle imbowing, simple past and past participle imbowed)

1. Obsolete form of embow.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     imbowed windows

References

• “imbow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Wimbo