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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Kowtow

Kow-tow', n.

noun

n. A prostration by way of salutation. [China.]

Kōw-tow', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. KOWTOWED; p. pr. & vb. n. KOWTOWING.] To bow to the earth; to perform the Chinese ceremony of prostration. [China.] [Written also kotou.]