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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Longbow  \Long"bow`\,  n. 
  The  ordinary  bow,  not  mounted  on  a  stock;  --  so  called  in 
  distinction  from  the  crossbow  when  both  were  used  as  weapons 
  of  war.  Also  sometimes  such  a  bow  of  about  the  height  of  a 
  man,  as  distinguished  from  a  much  shorter  one 
 
  {To  draw  the  longbow},  to  tell  large  stories. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  longbow 
  n  :  a  powerful  wooden  bow  drawn  by  hand;  usually  5-6  feet  long; 
  used  in  medieval  England 




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