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kotow
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kotowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Kotowing.] 1. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled kowtow. [Also spelled kowtow.] [1913 Webster] 2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to act obsequiously. [PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kotow \Ko*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.] Same as kowtow, the more common spellings. [China] [Also spelled kowtow.] --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
