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121a lead towel — (obs sl) A bullet • • • Main Entry: ↑towel …
122an oaken towel — (obs sl) A cudgel • • • Main Entry: ↑towel …
123rip-towel — [rip towel ‘The gratuity or reward given to customary Tenants, when they have reaped their Lord s Corn’. Manley Cowell s Interpreter s.v. Reap towel (and hence in later Dicts.), citing MS. Cott. Nero A. xii. fol. 104 b (c 1350). The word in the… …
124throw in the towel — Sponge Sponge (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. [ e]ponge, L. spongia, Gr. spoggia , spo ggos. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also {spunge}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[ae], or Porifera. See Illust. and Note… …
125beach towel — noun Date: 1958 a very large usually brightly colored towel designed for use at the beach …
126roller towel — noun Date: 1836 an endless towel hung from a roller …
127Turkish towel — noun Date: 1862 a towel made of cotton terry cloth …
128Scott Towel — Essuie tout Distributeur de papier essuie tout Le papier essuie tout est un papier très absorbant, confectionné en rouleaux d une largeur d une vingtaine de centimètres, servant à éponger les débordements et à nettoyer en cuisine. Il sert aussi à …