A term on our eastern coasts for a blown herring.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blowess>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·vt A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope. II. Tow ·vt To draw or pull through t...
(Judg. 16:9). See Flax. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A handsome wench. CANT. ...
·noun The hooded merganser. II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. III. Tow-head...
A grenadier. The tow row club; a club or society of the grenadier officers of the line. ...
a dresser of tow for spinning. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
To draw or drag a ship or boat by means of a rope attached to another vessel or boat, which advances...
The Sailor's Word-Book
[Anglo-Saxon toh-line]. A small hawser or warp used to move a ship from one part of a harbour or roa...
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...