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  2. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    A connector attached to a bow's riser to allow a rear stabilizer to be attached. An alternate term for "siderod". back tension release (equipment) – see "hinge release" back wall – The point of a compound bow's draw cycle beyond which the bow cannot be drawn. barebow (equipment) – A bow with no accessories attached.

  3. Bow shape - Wikipedia

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    When unstrung, the entire length of the bow curves forward from the belly (away from the archer), resembling a "C"; this differentiates a reflex bow from a recurve bow in which only the outer parts of the limbs turn away from the archer. The curves put the materials of the bow under greater stress, allowing a rather short bow to have a high ...

  4. Recurve bow - Wikipedia

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    In archery, a recurve bow is one of the main shapes a bow can take, with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung. A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than the equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving a greater amount of energy and speed to the arrow .

  5. Rabbit of Caerbannog - Wikipedia

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    In the sandbox game Minecraft, an unused "Killer Bunny" can be summoned via an in-game console command. Unlike normal rabbits, it is aggressive towards the player. [29] In the MMORPG Old School RuneScape, there is a hidden boss called simply 'Rabbit'.

  6. Yumi - Wikipedia

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    Japanese bows, arrows, and arrow-stand Yumi bow names Yumi ( 弓 ) is the Japanese term for a bow . As used in English , yumi refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer daikyū ( 大弓 ) and the shorter hankyū ( 半弓 ) used in the practice of kyūdō and kyūjutsu , or Japanese archery .

  7. Bill (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The shorthanded bills were used by the army of historic India as well, mainly by infantrymen of Bengal. An agricultural version, commonly known as either a brush-axe, bush-axe, or brush-hook, is readily available in rural hardware and farm-supply stores in the United States today, and is available in the United Kingdom as a "long bill".

  8. Gakgung - Wikipedia

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    The Korean Bow (Korean: 각궁, Gak-gung hanja: 角 弓, or horn bow) is a water buffalo horn-based composite reflex bow, standardized centuries ago from a variety of similar weapons in earlier use. [1] Due to its long use by Koreans, it is also known as Guk Gung (Korean: 국궁 hanja: 國 弓, or national bow).

  9. Block by Block (program) - Wikipedia

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    Block by Block is a charitable initiative founded as a partnership between Minecraft developer Mojang and the United Nations which aims to encourage young people to get involved in urban regeneration. [1] The scheme uses Minecraft to allow children to rebuild and reimagine their hometowns. [2]