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Webster 1913 Edition
Thowl
{
Thow′el
,Thowl
, }Noun.
[See
Thole
.] (Naut.)
(a)
A thole pin.
(b)
A rowlock.
I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
thowels
. Dickens.