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A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]

The act of towing.

A towel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.

In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak.

The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness. The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. Sir W. Raleigh.

Same as Toward, a., 2. He's towardly and will come on apace. Dryden.

Quality or state of being toward.

See Toward.

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath. Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Ægyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath spo…

Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. [Written also towelling.]

igh in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.

Adorned or defended by towers. Towered cities please us then. Milton.

Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.

Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] "Towery cities." Pope.

The chewink.

The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.