BOWER
Bow"er, v. t.
Defn: To embower; to inclose. Shak.
BOWER
Bow"er, v. i.
Defn: To lodge. [Obs.] Spenser.
BOWER
Bow"er, n. Etym: [From Bough, cf. Brancher.] (Falconry)
Defn: A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]
BOWER-BARFF PROCESS
Bow"er-Barff" proc`ess . (Metal.)
Defn: A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or steel an adherent coating of the magnetic oxide of iron (which is not liable to corrosion by air, moisture, or ordinary acids). This is accomplished by producing, by oxidation at about 1600º F. in a closed space, a coating containing more or less of the ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and the subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosphere to the magnetic oxide (Fe2O4).
BOWER BIRD
Bow"er bird`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird.