touse Meaning, Definition & Usage

Touse, Touze transitive verb & intransitive verb (Also<
  • Touse
  • Touze
)
Etymology
OE. tosen See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Toused ; present participle & verbal noun Tousing
Definitions
  1. To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. Prov. Eng. Shak.
    As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
Touse noun
Definitions
  1. A pulling; a disturbance. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913