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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tower
n 1: a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be
attached to a larger building
2: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower;
"the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of
dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke
betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar]
3: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
[syn: tugboat, tug, towboat, tower]
v 1: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The
huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large
shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower,
predominate, hulk]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin
to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a
tower, castle. Cf. Tor, Turret.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated,
usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
size not always of that proportion.
(b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification,
for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the
same height as the curtain wall or higher.
(c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special
purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in
proportion to its width and to the height of the rest
of the edifice; as, a church tower.
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2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
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Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3.
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3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
any high headdress.
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Lay trains of amorous intrigues
In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras.
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4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
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My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tower \Tow"er\, v. t.
To soar into. [Obs.] --Milton.
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5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Tower, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 479
Housing Units (2000): 295
Land area (2000): 2.708809 sq. miles (7.015783 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.402133 sq. miles (1.041520 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.110942 sq. miles (8.057303 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65272
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.806844 N, 92.279442 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tower, MN
Tower
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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