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towy, a.|ˈtəʊɪ|
[f. tow n.1 + -y.]
Like or of the nature of tow.
1601Holland Pliny xix. i. II. 4 You shall know by the skin or rind thereof if it be loose and readie to depart from the towie substance of the stem. 1673Grew Anat. Trunks i. ii. §30 The Lignous and Towy Parts of all Plants are Tubulary. 1858Sat. Rev. 21 Aug. 184/2 Painted..with bullet eyes, vermilion cheeks, towy locks, and pudgy limbs. 1881Gard. Chron. XVI. 654/3 Its leaves..produce a soft towy herbage. |