touse

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Touse \Touse\ (touz), n.
   A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Touse \Touse\, Touze \Touze\ (touz), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Toused} (touzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tousing}.] [OE. tosen.
   [root]64. See {tease}, and cf. {Tose}, {Toze}.]
   To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] --Shak.
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         As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed.  --Spenser.
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