towy

American  

[toh-ee] / ˈtoʊ i /

adjective

1. of the nature of or resembling the fiber tow.

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Etymology

Origin of towy

First recorded in 1595–1605; tow ² + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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towy

Ransey wore no cap, just a head of towy hair, which was thick enough, however, to protect him against summer’s sun or winter’s cold.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables

Hair, generally the same as South Mongol, but in Mongolo-Caucasic transitional groups brown, chestnut, and even towy or light flaxen, also wavy and ringletty; beard mostly absent except amongst the Western Turks and some Koreans.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

A little bamboo reed is taken and a hole made in it through which is passed a towy substance found upon palm-trees and known by the name of lulup among the Malays.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro

He had a square face, strong features, and a huge crop of towy hair.

From Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

This is the hair of Europeans, and is mainly fair, though black, brown, red or towy varieties are found.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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