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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tower \Tow"er\, noun [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.]
1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. (b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. (c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3.
3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras.
4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
{Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower}, below.
{Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above.
{Round tower}. See under {Round}, adjective
{Shot tower}. See under {Shot}.
{Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works.
{Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis perfoliata}.
{Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tower \Tow"er\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {towered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {towering}.] To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
On the other side an high rock towered still. --Spenser.
My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tower \Tow"er\, verb (used with an object) To soar into. [Obs.] --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tower
noun
1: a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
2: anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: {column}, {pillar}]
3: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: {tugboat}, {tug}, {towboat}]
verb: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: {loom}, {predominate}, {hulk}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
210 Moby Thesaurus words for "tower": Texas tower, acropolis, antenna tower, architecture, arise, ascend, barbican, bastion, beachhead, beacon, bedrock, belfry, bell tower, belvedere, bench mark, bleachers, blockhouse, blossom, bookmark, brew, bridge, bridgehead, building, bulk, bulk large, bunker, burgeon, buss the clouds, cairn, campanile, castle, catstone, champion, citadel, colossus, column, come up, conning tower, construct, construction, court, cupola, curl upwards, defender, derrick, develop, dome, donjon, dungeon, edifice, erection, establishment, exceed, fabric, fasthold, fastness, fire tower, flourish, fort, fortress, foundation, gallery, garrison, garrison house, gather, gazebo, germinate, go up, grandstand, grow, grow up, hold, house, hypertrophy, increase, keep, landmark, lantern, levitate, lighthouse, lightship, lookout, loom, loom large, loophole, mansion, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mature, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, monument, mote, motte, mount, mushroom, obelisk, observation post, observation tower, observatory, outgrow, outlook, outsoar, outstrip, overdevelop, overgrow, overlook, overtop, packaged house, pagoda, palace, palais, palatial residence, palazzo, patron, patroness, peanut gallery, peel, peel tower, peephole, pharos, pilaster, pile, pillar, pillbox, pinnacle, platform, pole, post, prefab, prefabrication, prison, procreate, protector, protectress, pullulate, pylon, pyramid, rath, rear, rear up, reproduce, ringside, ringside seat, rise, rise above, rise up, rock, safehold, safekeeper, seamark, shaft, shoot up, sighthole, skyscraper, soar, spiral, spire, spring up, sprout, sprout up, stand on tiptoe, stand out, stand up, standpipe, steeple, strong point, stronghold, structure, stupa, superstructure, surge, swarm up, sweep up, television mast, thrive, top gallery, tope, tour, tower above, tower of strength, tower over, transcend, turret, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upshoot, upspear, upspin, upspring, upsprout, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, vegetate, villa, ward, watchtower, water tower, wax, windmill tower
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tower, MI Zip code(s): 49792 Tower, MN (city, FIPS 65272) Location: 47.81007 N, 92.29047 W Population (1990): 502 (275 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55790
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Tower, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 479 Housing Units (2000): 295 Land area (2000): 2.708809 sq. miles (7.015783 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.402133 sq. miles (1.041520 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.110942 sq. miles (8.057303 sq. km) FIPS code: 65272 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 47.806844 N, 92.279442 W ZIP Codes (1990): 55790 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Tower, MN Tower
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