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Bower \Bo"wer\, n. [From {Bow}, v. & n.]
1. One who bows or bends.

2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]

His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers
Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.
--Spenser.

{Best bower}, {Small bower}. See {the Note under Anchor}.


Bower \Bow"er\ (bou"[~e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called
from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See
{Boor}.]
One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the
game of euchre.

{Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card
(except the ``Joker'') in the game.

{Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color
as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.


{Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some
other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack,
which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.