Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Touse

Touse (touz) , verb, transitive and intransitive

[Old English tosen. r64. See tease, and compare Tose, Toze.]

To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Provincial English] — Shakespeare
As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. — Spenser

Also: Touze

Touse (touz) , noun

A pulling; a disturbance. [Provincial English] — Halliwell