touse

Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

touse, v. t. & i. [OE. tosen. tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.].

To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. Shak. [1913 Webster]

"As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed." [1913 Webster]

touse, n.

A pulling; a disturbance. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

VB draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train, take in tow, wrench, jerk, twitch, touse, yank.

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