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up-bow definition

up·-bow (up′bō′)

noun

  1. a stroke on a violin, cello, etc. in which the bow is drawn across the strings from the tip to the frog
  2. a sign () indicating this

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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