bower¹ /bowˈər/

1. A shady enclosure or recess in a garden, an arbour
2. An inner apartment (archaic)
3. A lady's private room, boudoir (poetic)
4. A dwelling (poetic)

1. To enclose
2. To embower (Shakespeare)

To lodge

bowˈery adjective

Leafy, shady

bowˈerbird noun

1. A bird native to Australia and New Guinea that makes a bower adorned with colourful feathers, shells, etc
2. A person who collects useless bits and pieces (Aust inf)

bowˈerwoman noun (archaic)

A chambermaid, lady's maid

bower² /bowˈər/

The name in euchre for the two highest cards, the jack of trumps, and the other jack of the same colour, the right bower and left bower respectively

bow³ /bow/

1. The forepart of a ship or boat, often used in pl, the ship, etc being considered to have starboard and port bows, meeting at the stem
2. The rower nearest the bow (rowing)

bowˈer or bowˈer-anchor noun

An anchor at the bow (best-bower and small-bower)

bowˈman noun

The rower nearest the bow

bowˈ-oar noun

The oar nearest the bow

bowˈ-side noun (rowing)

The rowers on the same side as bow

bow wave noun

1. The wave created by the bow of a moving vessel
2. A shock wave (figurative)

bold or bluff bow

A broad bow

lean bow

A narrow bow

on the (port or starboard) bow

Within 45º (to port or starboard) of the point right ahead

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