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towery, a.|ˈtaʊərɪ|
[f. tower n.1 + -y.]
1. Characterized by or having towers; adorned or defended with towers.
1611Cotgr., Tourrelé, Towerie, tower-like, begirt or incompassed with towers. 1672Dryden 2nd Pt. Conq. Granada iii. iii. 114 The Genius of the place its Lord will meet; And bend its tow'ry forehead to your feet. 17..Pope Imit. Spenser 54 Meandring streams, and Windsor's tow'ry pride. 1834J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXVI. 842 Crowned with her towery diadem—Queen of the Sea. 1870Bryant Iliad vii. I. 214 Till ye possess the towery city of Troy.
2. Rising to a lofty height; tower-like; towering; also fig. aspiring; exalted.
1731A. Hill Adv. Poets xvi. 9 Hence, have all towery Minds, sublimely fir'd, With in-born Strength, to their own Heav'n aspir'd. 1738H. Brooke tr. Tasso's Jerus. Del. ii. Poems (1810) 376/1 One step alone 'twixt triumph and defeat, The gulfy ruin and the tow'ry height. 1825J. Wilson Poems II. 114 Long ensigns brightening on the towery mast. 1870R. R. Coverdale Poems 39 'Neath towery trees that lowly bent.
3. Comb. towery-topped a., having a towery top; topped or crowned with towers.
1602Carew Cornwall ii. 121 A towry-topped Castle heere, wide blazeth ouer all. |