Word Meanings - TOWROPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A rope used in towing vessels.

Related words: (words related to TOWROPE)

• TOWELING
  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.
• TOWNWARD; TOWNWARDS
  Toward a town. Longfellow.
• TOWNLESS
  Having no town. Howell.
• TOW
  The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
• TOWARD; TOWARDS
  1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
• TOWILLY
  The sanderling; -- so called from its cry.
• TOWARDS
  See TOWARD
• TOWARDNESS
  Quality or state of being toward.
• TOWER
  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.
• TOWERED
  Adorned or defended by towers. Towered cities please us then. Milton.
• TOWLINE
  A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.
• TOWROPE
  A rope used in towing vessels.
• TOWALL
  A towel. Chaucer.
• TOWNSMAN
  1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope. 2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
• TOWERING
  1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope. 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott.
• TOWSER
  A familiar name for a dog.
• TOWNHOUSE
  A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
• TOWNHALL
  A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
• TOWAGE
  1. The act of towing. 2. The price paid for towing.
• TOWPATH
  A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
• STOW
  1. To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.
• STOWCE
  A windlass. A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
• JAMESTOWN WEED
  The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium , a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura. Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
• STOWAWAY
  One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.
• MATTOWACCA
  An American clupeoid fish , similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring.