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To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
See Touse.
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
The hooded merganser.
The act of towing.
The price paid for towing.
A towel.
Alt. of Towards
Alt. of Towards
Approaching; coming near.
Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
Same as Toward, a., 2.
Quality or state of being toward.