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2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Ps. lxi. 3. 3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and
until 1715; also, any high headdress.
Lay trains of amorous intrigues
In towers, and curls, and periwigs. Hudibras. 4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] Johnson.
Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb
(by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower
to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, below. — Glover's tower
(Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the
conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's
tower, above. — Round tower. See under Round, a. — Shot tower. See under Shot. — Tower
bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
polygon of some works. — Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata. — Tower
of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison,
and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
Tower
(Tow"er) v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered ; p. pr. & vb. n. towering.] To rise and overtop other
objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
On the other side an high rock towered still. Spenser.
My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. Shak. Tower
(Tow"er), v. t. To soar into. [Obs.] Milton.
Towered
(Tow"ered) a. Adorned or defended by towers.
Towered cities please us then. Milton. Towering
(Tow"er*ing) a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.
2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott. Towery
(Tow"er*y) a. Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] "Towery cities." Pope.
Tow-head
(Tow"-head`) n.
1. An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoöl.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ]
Towhee
(To*whee") n. (Zoöl.) The chewink.
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