2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.

Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Ps. lxi. 3.

3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end

of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.

Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs.

Hudibras.

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