towered

[Eng. tower, s.; -ed.] Furnished, adorned, or defended with towers. "My tow'red fane, and my rich city'd seat, With villages, and dorps, to make me most compleat." Drayton : Polyolbion , s. 21. tow-er-er, subst . [Eng. tower; -er.] [TOWER MUSTARD.] *tow-er-ět, *towr-et, s . [Eng. tower , s.; dim in. suff.-et.] A small tower. [TOURELLE.] "It was dowble walled with many highe and strong towrets." -Joye: Expo sic i on of Daniel , ch. i. tow-er-ing, a. [Eng. tower ; -ing .] 1. Rising or soaring aloft. "There from the chase Jove's tow'ring eagle bears, On golden wings, the Phrygian to the stars." Pope: Statius; The Bard, 640. 2. Rising to a height; very high. "Lewis, in spite of high heeled shoes and a towering wig, hardly reached the middle height."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xiii. 3. Extreme, violent, outrageous, furious. (Colloq.) "Ru ell went into a towering pa ion." - Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxii. tow-er-lět, s. [Eng. tower ; dim in. suff. -let .] A small tower; a turret. IMG:content-1281.png:[blocks in formation] tower wort