TOUZE

Verb

touze (third-person singular simple present touzes, present participle touzing, simple past and past participle touzed)

(UK, dialect) Alternative form of touse

Source: Wiktionary


Touse, Touze, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Toused; p. pr. & vb. n. Tousing.] Etym: [OE. tosen sq. root64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze. ]

Definition: To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.

Touze, v.t & i.

Definition: See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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