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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tow  \Tow\,  n.  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tow  \Tow\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Towed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Towing}.]  [OE.  towen,  to?en;  akin  to  OFries  toga  to  pull 
  about  OHG.  zog[=o]n,  Icel.  toga,  AS  tohline  a  towline,  and 
  AS.te['o]n  to  draw,  p.  p.  getogen  See  {Tug}] 
  To  draw  or  pull  through  the  water,  as  a  vessel  of  any  kind 
  by  means  of  a  rope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tow  \Tow\,  n.  [Cf.  Icel.  taug  a  rope,  from  the  same  root  as  E. 
  tow,  v.  t.] 
  1.  A  rope  by  which  anything  is  towed;  a  towline,  or  towrope. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  towing,  or  the  state  of  being  towed;  --chiefly 
  used  in  the  phrase,  to  take  in  tow,  that  is  to  tow. 
 
  3.  That  which  is  towed,  or  drawn  by  a  towline,  as  a  barge, 
  raft,  collection  of  boats,  ect. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tow 
  n  :  the  act  of  hauling  something  (as  a  vehicle)  by  means  of  a 
  hitch  or  rope;  "the  truck  gave  him  a  tow  to  the  garage" 
  [syn:  {towage}] 
  v  :  drag  behind;  "Horses  used  to  tow  barges  along  the  canal" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Tow,  TX 
  Zip  code(s):  78672 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Tow 
  (Judg.  16:9).  See  {FLAX}. 
 




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