Word Meanings - TRACK-ROAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A towing path.
Related words: (words related to TRACK-ROAD)
- 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.