"tow" meaning in Middle English

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      "expansion": "English tow",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XVI A Golden Haze”, in Queen's Folly:",
          "text": "For if men were fire, women were tow, and she should learn that lesson.",
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        "Unprepared flax, especially used as a firestarter."
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        "The fibrous matter of flax or a similar plant; (tow)."
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        "Oakum, hards; the rough portion of flax separated during hackling."
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          "hards"
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      "word": "towe"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "towȝ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "towȝe"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tough"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "towhe"
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          "text": "For if men were fire, women were tow, and she should learn that lesson.",
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        "Unprepared flax, especially used as a firestarter."
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "The fibrous matter of flax or a similar plant; (tow)."
      ]
    },
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        "Oakum, hards; the rough portion of flax separated during hackling."
      ],
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          "hards",
          "hards"
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      "ipa": "/tɔu̯/"
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      "word": "towe"
    },
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      "word": "towȝ"
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      "word": "towȝe"
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    {
      "word": "tough"
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      "word": "toow"
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