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Definition of Imbowering
1. imbower [v] - See also: imbower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbowering
Literary usage of Imbowering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"imbowering. BOWL, (boul) n. ». A vessel to hold liquids, rather wide than deep ;
the hollow part of any thing ; a basin. BOWL, (boule) n. ». ..."
2. Poems by Samuel Rogers (1834)
"imbowering shrubs with verdure veiled the sky, And on the musk-rose shed a deeper
die; Save when a bright and momentary gleam Glanced from the white foam of ..."
3. Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1835)
"That part of the road which looks down upon the lake, passes through a magnificent
gallery of thick-imbowering trees, whose dense and luxuriant foliage ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Thy name shall shine with endless honour grac'd, While on my shell I sing the
hanging oak, That o'er thy cavern deep Waves his imbowering head. ..."
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