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tow

2  [toh] ,
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–noun
1. the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
2. the shorter, less desirable flax fibers separated from line fibers in hackling.
3. synthetic filaments prior to spinning.
–adjective
4. made of tow.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; OE tōw- (in tōwlīc pertaining to thread, tōwhūs spinning house); akin to ON tō wool
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Word Origin & History

tow  (n.)
"coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc.," 1377, probably from O.E. tow- "spinning" (in towlic "fit for spinning"), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan "to do, make," M.Du. touwen "to knit, weave." Tow-head, in ref. to tousled blond hair, is recorded from 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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