tow

Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.

And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;