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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOUSE, v.t. touz. To pull; to haul; to tear. [Hence Towser.]
As a bear whom angry curs have tous'd.

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (toused; tousing) Etymology: Middle English -tousen; akin to Old High German zirz?s?n to pull to pieces Date: 1598 rumple, tousle II. noun Date: 1795 a noisy disturbance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Touse Touse, Touze Touze, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Toused; 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. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Touse Touse, n. A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.