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_Gl. Sibb._
TOUNDER, _s._ Tinder.
_Lyndsay._
Alem. _tundere_, Isl. _tunthere_, id.
TOUSIE, TOWZIE, _adj._
1. Disordered, dishevelled, S., sometimes _touslie_.
2. Rough, s.h.a.ggy, 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._
~Tout~, _s._
1. A copious draught, S.
2. A drinking match, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
Perh. from Teut. _tocht_, a draught.
_To_ TOUT, TOWT, _v. a._
1. To toss, to put in disorder, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. To throw into disorder by quibbling or litigation.
_Melvill's MS._
3. To teaze, to vex, S.
~Tout~, _s._
1. An ailment of a transient kind, S.
Belg. _tocht_, _togt_, wind; _een zwaare togt_, a sore bout.
2. A transient displeasure, a fit of ill-humour, Ang.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
~Touttie~, _adj._
1. Throwing into disorder; as, _a touttie wind_, S.
Belg. _togtig_, windy.
2. Irritable, easily put in disorder, S.
TOW, _s._
1. A rope of any kind, S.
_Leg. St Androis._
Su. G. _tog_, Isl. _tog_, _taug_, Belg. _touw_, id.
2. A halter, S.
_Muse's Thren._
_To_ TOW, _v. n._ To give way, to fail, to perish, S. B.
Alem. _douu-en_, Su. G. _do_, to die.
