imbow

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ bow.

Verb

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

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Wimbo

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