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TOWELLED
TOWEL
towel
(verb) wipe with a towel; “towel your hair dry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
towelled
simple past tense and past participle of towel
Source: Wiktionary
TOWEL
Tow"el, n. Etym: [OE.towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. þweán to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. þva, Sw. två, Dan. toe, Goth. þwahan. Cf. Doily.]
Definition: A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath. Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Ægyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.
Tow"el, v. t.
Definition: To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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