An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To Touk, Tuck, v. n. To emit a sound, in consequence of being beaten.
Evergr.

Touk, s.
1. A stroke, a blow.
Douglas.
2. Touk of drum, beat of drum, S.
Gl. Sibb.

TOUNDER, s. Tinder.
Lyndsay.

Alem. tundere, Isl. tunthere, id.

TOUSIE, TOWZIE, adj.
1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes touslie.
2. Rough, shaggy, S.
Burns.

To Tousle, v. a.
1. To put into disorder; often, to rumple, S.
2. To handle roughly, as dogs do each other.
Polwart.

Isl. tusk-a, luctari, tusk, lucta lenis et jocosa.

Tousle, Touzle, s. Rough dalliance, S.
R. Galloway.

To TOUT, v. a.
V. [Toot].

To TOUT, TOOT, v. n. To take large draughts, S.
Ferguson.