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Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..

Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..

Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.

Tour :: Tour (n.) A tower.

Peel :: Peel (n.) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep..

Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..

Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..

Overbulk :: Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.

Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..

Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..

Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..

Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

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