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* '' Catherine, or The Bower'', an unfinished Jane Austen novel * A high-ranking card (usually a Jack) in certain card games: ** The Right and Left Bower (or Bauer), the two highest-ranking cards in the game of Euchre ** The Best and Under Bower in the game of

Bester Bauer Bester Bube ("Best Bower") or Fünfkart ("Five Cards") is an historical German card game for 3–6 players played with a Piquet pack. It is one of the Rams group of card games characterised by allowing players to drop out of the current game if the ...

** The Right and Left Bower in the game of

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

Bower Studios Bower Studios (or simply Bower) is a furniture and design studio based in Brooklyn. They specialise in making mirrors, but they also offer furniture, lighting, and accessories. They also collaborate with other artists on special projects. The st ...

, a design studio based in NYC.

Places

Bower, South Australia Bower is a town in South Australia, approximately halfway between Eudunda and Morgan on the Thiele Highway. The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people. The name Bower honours David Bower, a South Australian Member of Parliamen ...

, a town * Bower, Highland, Scotland, a village and civil parish *

Bower, Nebraska Bower is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Misso ...

, a ghost town in the United States *

Bower, West Virginia Bower is an extinct town in Braxton County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features t ...

, a ghost town in the United States *

Havering-atte-Bower Havering-atte-Bower is a village and outlying settlement of Greater London, England. It is located in the far north of the London Borough of Havering, on the border with Essex, and is northeast of Charing Cross. It was one of three former paris ...

, a village within the London Borough of Havering *

Mount Bower Mount Bower is a prominent mountain, high, standing east-northeast of Roberts Butte in the Outback Nunataks, a minor group of nunataks situated in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey fro ...

, Victoria Land, Antarctica

People

Bower (surname) Bower is a Scottish and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Bower (born 1970), English actor * Archibald Bower (1686–1766), Scottish historian * B. M. Bower (1871–1940), American novelist * Billy Bower (1887–1 ...

Bower Featherstone Bower Featherstone was a Canadian civil servant who was convicted of espionage in 1966. Featherstone was a lithographer who worked for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. A promising young officer in the RCMP Security Service, G ...

, Canadian civil servant convicted of espionage in 1966 *

E. Bower Carty Edward Bower Carty (24 April 1916 – May 23, 2001) was a Canadian public servant who served as the Chairman of the World Scout Committee. In 1975, Carty was awarded the 95th ''Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the World Organization of the ...

(1916–2001), Canadian public servant and Chairman of the World Scout Committee * Roger Squires (born 1932), British retired crossword compiler/setter, one of whose pseudonyms was Bower

Other uses

The Bower The Bower is an 1806 residence, originally built in the Federal style in Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. It was later remodeled with Gothic Revival features after a fire in 1892. The name appeared as early as 1753 when Major General Adam ...

, a building in Jefferson County, West Virginia, on the National Register of Historic Places * Bower Award *

1639 Bower Events January–March * January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. * January 19 – Hämeenlinna ( sv, Tavastehus) is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, ...

, an asteroid *

Bower railway station Bower was a railway station located near Loch Scarmclate, Highland between Halkirk and Wick. The station opened on 28 July 1874. It was one of a number of smaller stations on the Far North Line The Far North Line is a rural railway lin ...

, Highland, Scotland * A sculpture built by a

bowerbird Bowerbirds () make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family ...

to attract a mate * A dwelling or lean-to shelter, also known as a

pergola A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. The ...

* An anchor carried at the bow of a ship * A woman's

bedroom A bedroom or bedchamber is a room situated within a residential or accommodation unit characterised by its usage for sleeping and sexual activity. A typical western bedroom contains as bedroom furniture one or two beds (ranging from a crib for ...

or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle – cf.

boudoir A boudoir (; ) is a woman's private sitting room or salon in a furnished residence, usually between the dining room and the bedroom, but can also refer to a woman's private bedroom. The term derives from the French verb ''bouder'' (to sulk ...

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