noun. A gallon or congius.

An obsolete spelling of congee.

intransitive verb. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow ceremoniously, or courtesy.

noun. A concave molding.

verb. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

verb. perform a ceremonious bow

noun. an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal

noun. (architecture) a concave molding

noun. formal permission to depart

"[5424] If I did but let my glove fall by chance, (as the said Aretine's Lucretia brags,) I had one of my suitors, nay two or three at once ready to stoop and take it up, and kiss it, and with a low conge deliver it unto me; if I would walk, another was ready to sustain me by the arm."

bow  bow down  discharge  dismissal  dismission  

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