Category:Tow

Tow, n. Etym: [oe. tow, as. tow, akin to od. touw, icel. taw, v.t.]

Defn: the coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the Finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Tow Tow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Towed; p. pr. & vb. n. Towing.] Etym: [oe. Towen, totoga to pull about, ohg. zogon, icel. toga, as. tohline a Towline, and as.teón to draw, p.p. getogen. See tug]

Defn: to draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by Means of a rope.

Tow Tow, n. Etym: [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.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tow - (Judges 16:9). See FLAX.