'Best bower' definitions:
Definition of 'Best bower'
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- Bower \Bo"wer\, n. [From Bow, v. & n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who bows or bends. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Best bower'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]