1. Turn; contour; figure.
2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
TOUSE; TOUZE
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.
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Defn: To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak.
As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
TOUSE
Touse, n.
Defn: A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TOUSEL
Tous"el, v. t.
Defn: Same as Tousle. [Colloq.]
TOUSER
Tous"er, n.
Defn: One who touses. [Prov. Eng.]