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  2. Bowstring - Wikipedia

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    A bowstring joins the two ends of the bow stave and launches the arrow. Desirable properties include light weight, strength, resistance to abrasion , and resistance to water. Mass has most effect at the center of the string; one gram (0.035 oz) of extra mass in the middle of the string slows the arrow about as much as 3.5 grams (0.12 oz) at the ...

  3. Old School RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.

  4. Bow and arrow - Wikipedia

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    Drawing a bow, from a 1908 archery manual. A bow consists of a semi-rigid but elastic arc with a high-tensile bowstring joining the ends of the two limbs of the bow.An arrow is a projectile with a pointed tip and a long shaft with stabilizer fins towards the back, with a narrow notch at the very end to contact the bowstring.

  5. Thumb ring - Wikipedia

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    17th century Mughal thumb ring. A thumb ring is a ring meant to be worn on one's thumb.Most commonly, thumb rings are used as an archery equipment designed to protect the thumb pulp from the bowstring during a thumb draw, and are made of leather, stone, horn, wood, bone, antler, ivory, metal, ceramics, plastic or glass.

  6. RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001. RuneScape was originally a browser game built with the Java programming language; it was largely replaced by a standalone C++ client in 2016.

  7. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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    Compound archers often use a mechanical release aid to hold and release the string. This attaches to the bowstring near the point where the arrow attaches, the nocking point, and permits the archer to release the string with a squeeze of a trigger or a slight increase of tension.

  8. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    bowstring (equipment) – A fiber joining two ends of a bow for launching arrows. Can be rendered as two words ("bow string"). bowyer (craftsman) – One who makes bows; bracing (practice) – The act of attaching a bow string to a bow. brace height (measure) – The distance from the string to the pivot point of the bow's grip.

  9. Arrow - Wikipedia

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    Traditional target arrow (top) and replica medieval arrow (bottom) Modern arrow with plastic fletchings and nock An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and ...