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bow•er

Pronunciation: (bou'ur), [key]
—n.
1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
2. a rustic dwelling; cottage.
3. a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle.

—v.t.
to enclose in or as in a bower; embower.

bow•er

Pronunciation: (bou'ur), [key]
—n. Naut.
an anchor carried at a ship's bow. Also called bow'er an"chor.

bow•er

Pronunciation: (bou'ur), [key]
—n.
a person or thing that bows or bends.

bow•er

Pronunciation: (bō'ur), [key]
—n. Music.
a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.

bowenite

bowerbird

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