Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tow-head \Tow"-head`\, n.
   A low alluvial island or shoal in a river. [Local, U. S.]

Tow-head \Tow"-head`\, n.
   1. An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ]