Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bower
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Bower
bower
I. noun Etymology: Middle English bour dwelling, from Old English bur; akin to Old English & Old High German buan to dwell, Old English beon to be — more at be Date: before 12th century 1. an attractive dwelling or retreat 2. a lady's private apartment in a medieval hall or castle 3. 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
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) загородный дом, коттедж 2) беседка 3) мор. становой якорь - best bower - small bower ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. дача, коттедж 2. беседка 3. жилище, приют 4. уст. будуар 5. окружать, осенять 6. музыкант, играющий на смычковых инструментах 7. мор. становой якорь 8. карт. одна из самых крупных карт (в некоторых карточных играх) right bower —- козырной валет left bower —- валет одинаковой с козырем масти best bower —- джокер ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) дача, коттедж 2) беседка 3) poet. жилище 4) obs.; poet. будуар II noun naut. становой якорь III noun cards - right bower - left bower ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n literary 1 a pleasant place in the shade under a tree, especially in a garden (a rose-scented bower) 2 old use a woman's bedroom ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. bur "room, hut, dwelling," from P.Gmc. *buraz, from base *bu- "to dwell." Modern spelling developed after 1350. Sense of "leafy arbor is later." New York City's Bowery was originally a homestead farm (Du. bowerij). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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