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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.]

A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn. [Obs.]

duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell.

Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.

A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.

x or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. "In linen white as milk." Robert of Brunne.

A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.

A towel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

thing soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. Let me wipe thy face. Shak. I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. 2 Kings xxi. 13.

Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.