GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Kotow (?), n. [Chinese, knock head.] Same as kowtow, the more common spellings. [China] [Also spelled kowtow.]  S. W. Williams.
   
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   Kotow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.]
   1. To perform the kotow.  Now usually spelled kowtow. [Also spelled kowtow.]
   
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   2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously.
   
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   Kowtow (?), 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; same as Kotow.  There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings. [China] [Also spelled kotow.]  S. W. Williams.
   
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