Definition of tower

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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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Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Overtower :: Overtower (v. t.) To tower over or above.
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..
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Tower :: Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) A low tower, having a truncated pyramidal form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure..
Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
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..
Eminent :: Eminent (a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.
Overbulk :: Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.
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