Hypertext Webster Gateway: "towing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tow \Tow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Towed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Towing}.] [OE. towen, to?en; akin to OFries. toga to pull
about, OHG. zog[=o]n, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and
AS.te['o]n to draw, p. p. getogen. See {Tug}]
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind,
by means of a rope.
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