v. t. [ Cf. Taw to tow, Tow, v. t. ] To tow along, as a vessel. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tewed p. pr. & vb. n. Tewing. ] [ OE. tewen, tawen. √64. See Taw, v. ] 1. To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [ Local ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethnol.) A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [ Obs. or Local ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tuel, OF. tuiel, tuel, F. tuyau; of Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. tud, D. tuit, Prov. G. zaute. Cf. Tuyère. ] 1. A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tuyère of a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The lapwing; -- called also teewheep. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Tew, v. t. ] To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]