English English Dictionary

In the direction of; to.

With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.

Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

Near; about; approaching to.

Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

See Toward.

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

of Tow

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.

To beat with a stick.

Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

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.

A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.

A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.

A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.

High flight; elevation.

To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.

To soar into.