kotowing

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kotowing - 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]