| bower | 1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; especially, 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. 3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc, twined together; an arbor; a shady recess. Origin: OE. Bour, bur, room, dwelling, AS. Bur, fr. The root of AS. Buan to dwell; akin to Icel. Bur chamber, storehouse, Sw. Bur cage, Dan. Buur, OHG. Pur room, G. Bauer cage, bauer a peasant. 97] Cf.Boor, Byre. 1. One who bows or bends. 2. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. 3. A muscle that bends a limb, especially. The arm. "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. Origin: From Bow. <veterinary> A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. Origin: From Bough, cf. Brancher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bower bird | <zoology> An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcoloured objects; the satin bird. The name is also applied to other related birds of the same region, having similar habits; as, the spotted bower bird (Chalmydodera maculata), and the regent bird (Sericulus melinus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bowery | Origin: D. Bouwerij. A farm or plantation with its buildings. "The emigrants [in new York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing."" (Bancroft) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's bower | <botany> A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bower | a framework that supports climbing plants |
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| bower | enclose in a bower |
| bower | high-climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit |
| bower | any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
| bower | a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts |
| bower | like a bower |
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