| Tow (tow) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tow |
| [OE. tow, AS. tow,
akin to OD. touw, Icel. &?] a tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E.
taw, v.t.] |
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp,
separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
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To draw
or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a
rope.
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| Tow (tow) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tow |
| [Cf. Icel. taug a rope,
from the same root as E. tow, v. t.] |
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.
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