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Definition of Bower

1. Noun. A framework that supports climbing plants. "The arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"

Definition of Bower

1. n. One who bows or bends.

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

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

4. v. t. To embower; to inclose.

5. v. i. To lodge.

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

Definition of Bower

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Noun. A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle. ¹

3. Noun. (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat. ¹

4. Noun. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods. ¹

5. Noun. (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays. ¹

6. Noun. A peasant; a farmer. ¹

7. Noun. Either of the two highest trumps in euchre. ¹

8. Noun. (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bower

1. to embower [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embower

Medical Definition of Bower

1. 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. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. Origin: From Bough, cf. Brancher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bower

Literary usage of Bower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"This negotiation had the desired effect, and bower was readmitted in a formal manner into the ... bower soon again grew dissatisfied with his situation. ..."

2. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"Adam follo-wd him into this And the Angel had accepted the the Angel went up to Heaven, and invitation, ver. 375. Adam to his bower. thick ..."

3. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore, Alfred Denis Godley (1910)
"HERE'S HERE'S the bower she lov'd so much, And the tree she planted ... Here's the bower, &c THE bower Spring may bloom, but she we lov'd Ne'er shall feel ..."

4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Here is the glen, and here the bower, Л'. Lassie wi the lint-white \ In ... S. Wha is thai at \ In my bower if ye should stay, Ib. What may pass within this ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Nay, but my heart when it flies to thy bower, What does it find there that knows it ... What were my prize could I enter thy bower, This day, to-morrow, ..."

6. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"bower. THE frame house of singular construction, No. 177 south Second street, at the junction of Little Dock and Second streets, was memorable in its early ..."

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