2007-09-25 07:36:02 · 6 answers · asked by teezy 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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Towhead does seem to arouse peoples' curiosity. The term, the first element of which is pronounced like "toe," means 'a head of light-colored or tousled hair', and hence 'a person with such hair'. There is also the derived form tow-headed.
Etymologically, towhead simply means 'having a head resembling tow'. What's that?, you ask. Well, as you might have guessed, there's more than one word tow. Of the two tows you're likely to encounter, the other one is the one that means 'to pull (a car, etc.) by a rope, chain, etc.'. This word is from a Germanic word meaning 'to drag'; it's related to tug.
The word tow in towhead means 'the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute, prepared for spinning'. Such fibers are both light-colored and messy, and so towhead can refer to someone with light or messy hair. The word is very often used of children.
This tow is ultimately from an Old English word 'thread; something for spinning', and is related to other Germanic words in similar senses. Towhead is an Americanism from the nineteenth century.
2007-09-25 07:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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The expression "loaded for bear"means that the person is well-prepared. It probably originated during colonial times when muskets, gun powder, horses, and dogs were used to hunt for meat. In the present time, it means well prepared to fight, debate, discuss, take a test, give a speech, or provide evidence and testimony in the prosecution of a law suit. I first heard this expression when I was a child growing up in upstate New York. But I haven't heard it in the midwest, or the east, or the far west at all. I may have used it myself when I was in the deep South.
2016-03-27 03:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means:
1. A head of white-blond hair resembling tow.
2. A person with such hair.
3. A sandbar or low-lying alluvial island in a river, especially one with a stand of trees
2007-09-25 07:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
extremely light blonde hair. the lightest blonde shade. it is common for many children to be towheaded and eventually their hair color gets darker as they get older.
2007-09-25 07:45:38 · answer #7 · answered by charwants2know 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
White-blonde hair
2007-09-25 07:41:07 · answer #8 · answered by Spots^..^B4myeyes 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
tow·head
n.
A head of white-blond hair resembling tow. (tow-the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute).
A person with such hair.
tow'head'ed adj.
2007-09-25 07:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White blonde hair like mine. What is a tow though?
2007-09-25 07:45:11 · answer #10 · answered by librarylisa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋