Dictionary entry

Touse

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Touse, Touze (?) }, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Toused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tousing.] [OE. tosen √64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.] To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. Shak.

As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.