BOW'ER,noun [from bow.] An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are generally two bowers, called first and second, great and little, or best and small. BOW'ER, noun 1. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees bent and twined together. It differs from arbor in that it may be round or square, whereas an arbor is long and arched. 2. A bed-chamber; any room in a house except the hall. 3. A country seat; a cottage. 4. A shady recess; a plantation for shade. BOW'ER, verb transitive To embower to inclose. BOW'ER, verb intransitive To lodge.
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