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kotow
n. [Chinese, knock head.] The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground; a kowtow. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. (S. W. Williams.)
v. i. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. ()


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