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bow⋅er

1  [bou-er]
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–noun
1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
2. a rustic dwelling; cottage.
3. a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle.
–verb (used with object)
4. to enclose in or as in a bower; embower.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bour, OE būr chamber; c. ON būr pantry, G Bauer birdcage; akin to neighbor

Related forms:
bow⋅er⋅like, adjective
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bow⋅er

2  [bou-er]
–noun Nautical.
an anchor carried at a ship's bow.
Also called bower anchor.

Origin:
1645–55; bow 3 + -er 1

bow⋅er

3  [bou-er]
–noun
a person or thing that bows or bends.
Origin:
1590–1600; bow 1 + -er 1

bow⋅er

4  [boh-er]
–noun Music.
a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see bow 2 , -er 1

bow

2  [boh]
–noun
1. a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows: He drew the bow and sent the arrow to its target.
2. an instrument resembling this, used for various purposes, as rotating a drill or spindle, or loosening entangled or matted fibers.
3. a bend or curve.
4. Also called bowknot. a looped knot composed of two or more loops and two ends, as for tying together the ends of a ribbon or string.
5. any separate piece of looped, knotted, or shaped gathering of ribbon, cloth, paper, etc., used as a decoration, as on a package, dress, or the like.
6. a long rod, originally curved but now nearly straight, with horsehairs stretched from one end to the other, used for playing on a musical instrument of the violin and viol families.
7. a single movement of such a device over the strings of a violin, viol, or the like.
8. bow tie.
9. something curved or arc-shaped.
10. a saddlebow.
11. an archer; bowman: He is the best bow in the county.
12. temple 2 (def. 3).
13. a U-shaped piece for placing under an animal's neck to hold a yoke.
14. Building Trades. a flexible rod used for laying out large curves.
15. the part of a key grasped by the fingers.
16. the loop on the stem of a watch by which the watch is attached to a chain or the like.
17. a rainbow.
–adjective
18. curved outward at the center; bent: bow legs.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
19. to bend into the form of a bow; curve.
20. Music. to perform by means of a bow upon a stringed instrument.
21. Textiles Obsolete. to loosen by passing a vibrating bow among entangled fibers.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bowe (n.), OE boga; c. D boog, G Bogen, ON bogi; akin to bow 1

Related forms:
bowedness, noun
bowless, adjective
bowlike, adjective

bow

3  [bou]
–noun
1. Nautical, Aeronautics.
a. the forward end of a vessel or airship.
b. either side of this forward end, esp. with reference to the direction of a distant object: a mooring two points off the port bow.
2. bows, Nautical. the exterior of the forward end of a vessel, esp. one in which the hull slopes back on both sides of the stem.
3. the foremost oar in rowing a boat.
4. Also called bowman, bow oar. the person who pulls that oar.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to the bow of a ship.
—Idioms
6. bows on, (of a ship) with the bow foremost: The vessel approached us bows on.
7. bows under, (of a ship) shipping water at the bow: The ship was bows under during most of the storm.
8. on the bow, Nautical. within 45° to the heading of the vessel.
Origin:
1620–30; < LG boog (n.) or D boeg or Dan bov; see bough
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bow·er 1   (bou'ər)   
n.  

  1. A shaded, leafy recess; an arbor.

  2. A woman's private chamber in a medieval castle; a boudoir.

  3. A rustic cottage; a country retreat.

tr.v.   bow·ered, bow·er·ing, bow·ers
To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower.

[Middle English bour, a dwelling, from Old English būr; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
bow'er·y adj.
bow·er 2   (bou'ər)   
n.   Nautical
An anchor carried at the bow.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

bow  (v.)
O.E. bugan "to bend, to bend the body in condescension," also "to turn back" (class II strong verb; past tense beag, pp. bogen), from P.Gmc. *bugon (cf. M.L.G. bugen, O.H.G. biogan, Goth. biugan "to bend," O.N. boginn "bent"), from *beugen, from PIE base *bheugh- (cf. Skt. bhujati "bends, thrusts aside"). The noun is first recorded 1656. Bow out "withdraw" is from 1942.

bower 
O.E. bur "room, hut, dwelling," from P.Gmc. *buraz (cf. Ger. bauer "birdcage"), from base *bu- "to dwell." Modern spelling developed after 1350. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1523. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847). New York City's Bowery (1787) was originally a homestead farm (Du. bowerij); used attributively for its squalor since 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bow
Pronunciation: 'bO
Function: noun
: a frame for the lenses of eyeglasses; also : the curved sidepiece of the frame passingover the ear
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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