Bower, or Bowmaker, Walter

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• Bower

  ·vi To <<Lodge>>. II. Bower ·v & ·noun One who bows or bends. III. Bower ·noun A young hawk, when ...

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• Walter

  ·vi To roll or wallow; to <<Welter>>. ...

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• Bower bird

  ·- An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which cons...

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• Lady's bower

  ·- A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). ...

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• Bower, Archibald

  (1686-1766) Historian, b. at Dundee, and ed. at the Scots Coll., Douay, became a Jesuit, but afterw...

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• bower-bird

  n. Australian bird. See quotation,1891. See Ptilonorhynchinae. The following are thevarieties – – –...

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• best bower

  See bower-anchors. ...

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• bower-anchors

  Those at the bows and in constant working use. They are called best and small, not from a difference...

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• Bagehot, Walter

  (1826-1877) Economist, s. of a banker, b. at Langport, Somerset, ed. at University Coll., London, a...

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• Charleton, Walter

  (1619-1707) Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., was titular physician to Charles I. He was a copious...

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• Goodall, Walter

  (1706?-1766) Historical writer, b. in Banffshire, and ed. King's Coll., Aberdeen, became assistant ...

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• Kennedy, Walter

  (fl. 1500) S. of Lord K., was ed. at Glasgow, and is perhaps best known as Dunbar's antagonist in t...

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• Whitman, Walter or Walt

  (1819-1892) Poet, was b. at Huntingdon, Long Island, New York. His mother was of Dutch descent, and...

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• Leaf, Walter

  Litt.D. (b. 1852) Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A...

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• Raleigh, Walter

  (b. 1861) Biographer and critic. The English Novel (1894), Robert Louis Stevenson (1895), Style (18...

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• Bower-Barff process

  ·add. ·- A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or steel an adherent coating of the m...

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• Besant, Sir Walter

  (1836-1901) Novelist and historian of London, b. at Portsmouth and ed. at King's Coll., London, and...

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• Hook, Walter Farquhar

  (1798-1875) Biographer, s. of James H., Dean of Worcester, b. at Worcester, and ed. at Winchester a...

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• Landor, Walter Savage

  (1775-1864) Poet and miscellaneous author, s. of a physician, was b. at Ipsley Court, Warwick, the ...

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• Map, or Mapes, Walter de

  (fl. 1200) Ecclesiastical statesman and romancist. Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his...

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• Pater, Walter Horatio

  (1839-1894) Essayist and critic, s. of Richard G.P., of American birth and Dutch extraction, a bene...

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• Raleigh, Sir Walter

  (1552?-1618) Explorer, statesman, admiral, historian, and poet, s. of Walter R., of Fardel, Devonsh...

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• Scott, Sir Walter

  (1771-1832) Poet, novelist, and biographer, s. of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, a...

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• Smith, Walter Chalmers

  (1824-1908) B. in Aberdeen and ed. there and at Edin., was a minister of the Free Church of Scotlan...

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• Pollock, Walter Herries

  (b. 1850) Poet and miscellaneous writer. The Modern French Theatre (1878), Verse, Old and New, Seal...

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• Prothero, George Walter

  Litt.D., LL.D., etc. (b. 1848) Historian. Life and Times of Simon de Montfort (1877), Memoir of He...

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• Skeat, Rev. Walter William

  Litt.D., LL.D. (b. 1835) Philologist and Early English scholar; has ed. Langland's Piers Plowman, ...

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• Ward of Walter le Poter'

  3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. p.409). Identified with Cornhill Ward (Beavan, 1.375). ...

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• fore-ganger of the chain bower cables

  Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...

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