n.
A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.
v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els. v.tr.
To wipe or rub dry with a towel.
v.intr.
To dry oneself with a towel.
[Middle English towaille, from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin.]
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