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Bower

Bower Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bower? [n] a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" [v] enclose in a bower Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bower: arbor \| arbour \| embower \| pergola Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bower: ace \| alcove \| arbor \| best bower \| cards \| clubs \| conservatory \| deck \| deuce \| diamonds \| dummy \| face cards \| flush \| full house \| gazebo \| glasshouse \| greenhouse \| hand \| hearts \| jack \| joker \| king \| kiosk \| knave \| lathhouse \| left bower \| pack \| pair \| pergola \| picture cards \| playing cards \| queen \| retreat \| round \| royal flush \| rubber \| ruff \| singleton \| spades \| straight \| summerhouse \| trey \| trick \| trump See Also \| enclose \| frame \| framework \| framing \| grape arbor \| grape arbour \| inclose \| shut in Bower In Webster's Dictionary \Bo"wer\, n. [From {Bow}, v. & n.] 1. One who bows or bends. 2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. 3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.] His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. --Spenser. {Best bower}, {Small bower}. See {the Note under Anchor}. \Bow"er\ (bou"[~e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See {Boor}.] One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre. {Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the ``Joker'') in the game. {Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value. {Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card. \Bow"er\, n. [OE. bour, bur, room, dwelling, AS. b[=u]r, fr. the root of AS. b[=u]an to dwell; akin to Icel. b[=u]r chamber, storehouse, Sw. b[=u]r cage, Dan. buur, OHG. p[=u]r room, G. bauer cage, bauer a peasant. [root]97] Cf.{Boor}, {Byre}.] 1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment. Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower. --Gascoigne. 2. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. --Shenstone. B. Johnson. 3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess. \Bow"er\, v. t. To embower; to inclose. --Shak. \Bow"er\, v. i. To lodge. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Bow"er\, n. [From {Bough}, cf. {Brancher}.] (Falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]

Bower Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bower?

[n] a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
[v] enclose in a bower

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bower: arbor | arbour | embower | pergola

Bower In Webster's Dictionary

\Bo"wer\, n. [From {Bow}, v. & n.]
1. One who bows or bends.

2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]

         His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were
         wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.
                                               --Spenser.

{Best bower}, {Small bower}. See {the Note under Anchor}.


\Bow"er\ (bou"[~e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called
from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See
{Boor}.]
One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the
game of euchre.

{Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card
   (except the ``Joker'') in the game.

{Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color
   as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.


{Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some
   other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack,
   which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.


\Bow"er\, n. [OE. bour, bur, room, dwelling, AS. b[=u]r,
fr. the root of AS. b[=u]an to dwell; akin to Icel. b[=u]r
chamber, storehouse, Sw. b[=u]r cage, Dan. buur, OHG. p[=u]r
room, G. bauer cage, bauer a peasant. [root]97] Cf.{Boor},
{Byre}.]
1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's
   private apartment.

         Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the
         doors of mine unlucky bower.          --Gascoigne.

2. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode
   or retreat. --Shenstone. B. Johnson.

3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs
   of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a
   shady recess.


\Bow"er\, v. t.
To embower; to inclose. --Shak.


\Bow"er\, v. i.
To lodge. [Obs.] --Spenser.


\Bow"er\, n. [From {Bough}, cf. {Brancher}.] (Falconry)
A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]

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