[bou-er] 
| 1. | a leafy shelter or recess; arbor. |
| 2. | a rustic dwelling; cottage. |
| 3. | a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle. |
| 4. | to enclose in or as in a bower; embower. |
[boh] | 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. |
| 18. | curved outward at the center; bent: bow legs. |
| 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. |
[bou] | 1. | Nautical, Aeronautics.
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| 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. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to the bow of a ship. |
| 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. |
| bow·er 1 (bou'ər) n.
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. |
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