A noise, or disturbance.--Halliwell.
The Loch Katrin, they [the Scotch] make such a touss about, is jest about equal to a good sizeable duck-pond in our country.--Sam Slick in England, ch. 30.
·noun A pulling; a disturbance. II. Touse ·vt & ·vi ·Alt. of <<Touze>>. ...
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