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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599

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(Tousy,) Towsy, -ie, adj. [Touse (Tousle v.).] absol. as noun. A name for a rough, dishevelled person. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 212/32.
And be I ornat in my speiche Than towsy [M. towsie] sayis, I am sa streiche 15.. Christis Kirk 54 (M).
He playit so schill and sang so sweit Quhill towsie tuik ane trance

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