noun. A dwelling or habitation; particularly, a cottage; an unpretentious residence; a rustic abode.

noun. An inner room; any room in a house except the hall or public room; hence, a bedchamber.

noun. Especially, a lady's private chamber; a boudoir.

noun. A shelter made with boughs or twining plants; an arbor; a shady recess.

To inclose in a bower, or as in a bower; embower; inclose.

To take shelter; lodge.

noun. One who or that which bows or bends; specifically, a muscle that bends the joints.

noun. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

noun. In euchre, one of the two highest cards, or, if the joker is used, the second or third highest.

noun. A peasant; a farmer.

noun. A bow-maker; a bowyer.

noun. One who plays with a bow on a violin or other stringed instrument.

noun. In falconry, a young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and to clamber on the boughs. Also called bowess, bowet.

noun. A person who rents or leases the dairy stock on a farm, together with pasture and fodder for them, and makes what he can from their produce, the cultivation of the farm still remaining with the farmer or proprietor.

noun. One who bows or bends.

noun. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

noun. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.

noun. See the Note under Anchor.

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noun. One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.

noun. the knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the “Joker”) in the game.

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

noun. 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.

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noun. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.

noun. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.

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

noun. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

transitive verb. To embower; to inclose.

intransitive verb. To lodge.

noun. Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.

noun. A peasant; a farmer.

noun. A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.

noun. A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle.

noun. A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

noun. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

noun. A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays.

noun. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

verb. enclose in a bower

noun. a framework that supports climbing plants