English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Boweling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bowel

Bowelled

of Bowel

Bowelless (a.)

Without pity.

Bowelling

of Bowel

Bowenite (n.)

A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

Bower (v. & n.)

A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.

Bower (v. & n.)

One who bows or bends.

Bower (v. & n.)

An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

Bower (n.)

A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

Bower (v. t.)

To embower; to inclose.

Bower (n.)

One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.

Bower (n.)

Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.

Bower (v. i.)

To lodge.

Bower (n.)

A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.

Bower (n.)

A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.

Bower bird

An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects; the satin bird.

Boweries (pl. )

of Bowery

Bowery (a.)

Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.

Bowery (n.)

A farm or plantation with its buildings.

Bowery (a.)

Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.