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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tow \Tow\ (t[=o]), noun [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. t[=o] a tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, verb (used with an object)] The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tow \Tow\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Towed} (t[=o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Towing}.] [OE. towen, to[yogh]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tow \Tow\, noun [Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E. tow, verb (used with an object)]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
tow
noun: 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}]
verb: 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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