Definition of tower

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Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..

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Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
Turrical :: Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower..
Pane :: Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes..
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spire rising from a tower.
Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).
Tower :: Tower (n.) High flight; elevation.
Campanile :: Campanile (n.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
Overtower :: Overtower (v. i.) To soar too high.
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
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..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..
Overbulk :: Overbulk (v. t.) To oppress by bulk; to overtower.
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