English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Tow
(n.)
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the
finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Tow
(v. t.)
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind,
by means of a rope.
Tow
(v. t.)
A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
Tow
(v. t.)
The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly
used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
Tow
(v. t.)
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge,
raft, collection of boats, ect.