...such a conversation passed between the trio as put fire and tow to the combustible heart of Don Lewis. - Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 6
(n) Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning. Hence tow rag
...such a conversation passed between the trio as put fire and tow to the combustible heart of Don Lewis.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 6
(n) Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning.
Hence tow rag