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| • | The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle. |
| • | To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope. |
| • | A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope. |
| • | The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow. |
| • | That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect. |