touse

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touse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Touse \Touse\ (touz), n.
     A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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  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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