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English Dictionary: tower	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tower n a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" Synonym(s): column, tower, pillar a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships Synonym(s): tugboat, tug, towboat, tower v appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" Synonym(s): loom, tower, predominate, hulk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. [?]; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. (b) 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. (c) 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. 2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3. 3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress. Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras. 4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson. {Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower}, below. {Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above. {Round tower}. See under {Round}, a. {Shot tower}. See under {Shot}. {Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. {Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis perfoliata}. {Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {towered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {towering}.] To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar. On the other side an high rock towered still. --Spenser. My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tower \Tow"er\, v. t. To soar into. [Obs.] --Milton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tower, MI Zip code(s): 49792 Tower, MN (city, FIPS 65272) Location: 47.81007 N, 92.29047 W Population (1990): 502 (275 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55790