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kotow

N การ คุกเข่า แสดง ความเคารพ เอาหน้า ผาก แตะ พื้น kowtow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KOTOW

Ko *tow ", n. Etym: [Chinese, knock head. ]

Defn: The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China ]kowtow S. W. Williams.

KOTOW

Ko *tow ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.]

Defn: To perform the kotow. kowtow

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