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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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