| 释义 |
† tozy, a. Obs.|ˈtəʊzɪ|
[app. f. toze v.1 + -y. But cf. tosy.]
Soft like teased wool. Hence † ˈtoziness, softness.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tozy, soft like Wooll. 1727Bailey vol. II, Tozyness, softness, like tozed Wooll.
absol.1824Scott St. Ronan's xx, I can tell it [a shawl] to be a real tozie. Ibid., That tozie now will keep its colour while there is a rag of it left. |