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Pronunciation : Tow
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. taw, v.t.]
Definition : Defn: The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tow
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. towen, totoga to pull about, OHG. zogon, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and AS.te?n to draw, p.p. getogen. See Tug]
Definition : Defn: To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

t. [imp. & p. p. Towed; p. pr. & vb. n. Towing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tow
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel.taug a rope, from the same root as E.tow, v. t.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913