towstern.
/ˈtəʊstə/ = tower n.2Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > pulling by a line or rope > one who
tower1611
towster1885
1885 E. P. Warren & C. F. M. Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 24 The towsters came to a halt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
<
n.1885- to set measures to
- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by
- to set nether
- to set no price, littly at
- to set no store or price by
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, at, by, of
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, etc at, by, of
- to set not by
- to set off
- to set off one's rest
- to set on
- to set on a seat, a throne, on horseback
- to set on another's back
- to set on at cinque and sice
- to set on cinque and sice
- to set on delay
- to set on edge
- to set on etc legs
- to set on fear
- to set on fire
- to set on gog