tose

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Her stockings were never both tied up at the same time, except when her mother turned her over, fresh dressed, in the morning to the Major, or when she put on her "tose" in the evening to walk with him.

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  1. To pull about or asunder; touse. What shepe that is full of wulle Upon his backe thei tose and pulle Whyle ther is any thynge to pille. Gower, Conf. Amant., Prol. Thinkest thou, for that I insinuate or toaze from thee thy business, I am therefore no courtier? I am courtier cap-a-pe; and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business there. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 760.
  2. Specifically To tease (wool). Prompt. Parv., p. 497. [Obsolete or prov. Eng. in both uses.]

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  • Potosopping all tose buildings just to fake te existence of a major city in Canada, god tat's toroug. staplermofo: And yet you fell for the one about Toronto having such advanced DNA testing technology. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • If i were to raise a team i would go with the young guys and suffer for a little while so they can develope and havethe overall big picture rather than keeping that small mind and hoping on tose injury prone WRs to limp it out. i would rather keep the fresh legs and develop them, rather than let them go and let someone else develope them and use them against me …. —  MVN
  • Along with the benefits of being a part of the organization, it should be made much clearer that tose benefits come with a set of responsibilities. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The land of promise and hope can only provide so much help for tose who come to —  Breaking News: CBS News
  • Like His Looks (WELL DUH, IMEAN HE'S SUPERHOTTTT) & Ofcorse Because He's REALLY TALENTED!!! thank you!!!! kevin jonas needs more love. i love him and tose haterz are obviously blind October 3, 2008 at 2: 39 am —  WordPress.com News
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  1. Also toze, formerly also toaze; from Middle English tosen (from Anglo-Saxon *tāsan), a common form of tesen, whence modern English tease: see tease, and cf. touse.
 

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