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imp. & p. p.
of Tower
n.
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.
a.
Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
n.
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
v. t.
To soar into.
a.
Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
a.
Adorned or defended by towers.
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Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
n.
A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
v.
To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
n.
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.
n.
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tower
n.
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
n.
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
a.
Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.
n.
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
v. i.
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
n.
High flight; elevation.
a.
Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
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