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thowl

thowl


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thowel  \Thow"el\,  Thowl  \Thowl\,  n.  [See  {Thole}.]  (Naut.) 
  a  A  thole  pin. 
  b  A  rowlock. 
 
  I  would  sit  impatiently  thinking  with  what  an 
  unusual  amount  of  noise  the  oars  worked  in  the 
  thowels.  --Dickens. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thole  \Thole\,  n.  [Written  also  {thowel},  and  {thowl}.]  [OE. 
  thol,  AS  [thorn]ol;  akin  to  D.  dol,  Icel.  [thorn]ollr  a  fir 
  tree,  a  young  fir,  a  tree,  a  thole.] 
  1.  A  wooden  or  metal  pin,  set  in  the  gunwale  of  a  boat,  to 
  serve  as  a  fulcrum  for  the  oar  in  rowing.  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  The  pin,  or  handle,  of  a  scythe  snath. 
 
  {Thole  pin}.  Same  as  {Thole}.