Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bower
Bower
bower
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a secluded place, esp. in a garden, enclosed by foliage; an arbour. b a summer-house. 2 poet. an inner room; a boudoir. --v.tr. poet. embower. Derivatives bowery adj. Etymology: OE bur f. Gmc 2. n. (in full bower-anchor) either of two anchors carried at a ship's bow. Phrases and idioms best bower the starboard bower. bower-cable the cable attached to a bower-anchor. small bower the port bower. Etymology: BOW(3) + -ER(1) 3. n. either of two cards at euchre and similar games. Phrases and idioms left bower the jack of the same colour as the right bower. right bower the jack of trumps. Etymology: G Bauer peasant, jack at cards, rel. to Du. boer: see BOOR
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I. noun see: be Date: before 12th century an attractive dwelling or retreat, a lady's private apartment in a medieval hall or castle, a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together ; arbor, ~y adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1592 em~, enclose, III. noun Date: 1652 an anchor carried at the bow of a ship ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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