Tow

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

(2): ( v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

(3): ( v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

(4): ( v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

(5): ( v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

King James Dictionary

Tow, L duco. To drag, as a boat or ship, through the water by means of a rope. Towing is performed by another boat or ship, or by men on shore, or by horses. Boats on canals are usually towed by horses.

TOW, n. L. stupa. The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Isaiah 1:31 (a) GOD is assuring the world that His enemies will be easily destroyed. No one can harden himself against GOD and prosper. GOD always will have the last word.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 16:9 Isaiah 1:31 Isaiah 43:17

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Judges 16:9Flax

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tō ( נערת , ne‛ōreth (  Judges 16:9;  Isaiah 1:31 )): The coarser part of flax, with short threads, used as an example of easily inflammable material. Also  Isaiah 43:17 the King James Version for פּשׁתּה , pishtāh , the usual word for "flax" (so the English Revised Version), here as used for a wick (so the American Standard Revised Version, the English Revised Version margin).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

is the rendering in the A.V. of the Heb. words

(1) נַערֵת ,Neo'Reth (so called as being Shaken off from flax in hatchelling), Refuse ( Judges 16:9);

(2) פּשַׁתֶּה , Pishteh (Isaiah 43:37) , Flax (as elsewhere rendered); (See Linen).