Towy

a. [f. TOW sb.¹ + -Y.] Like or of the nature of tow.

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1601. Holland, Pliny, XIX. i. II. 4. You shall know by the skin or rind thereof if it be loose and readie to depart from the towie substance of the stem.

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1673. Grew, Anat. Trunks, I. ii. § 30. The Lignous and Towy Parts of all Plants are Tubulary.

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1858. Sat. Rev., 21 Aug., 184/2. Painted … with bullet eyes, vermilion cheeks, towy locks, and pudgy limbs.

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1881. Gard. Chron., XVI. 654/3. Its leaves … produce a soft towy herbage.

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