towsern.

/ˈtaʊzə/

Forms: Also 1600s towzer, touzer, 1800s touser.

Etymology: < touse v. + -er suffix¹; with senses c – e compare thumper, whopper, etc.

One who or that which touses.

a. (With capital T). A common name for a large dog, such as was used to bait bears or bulls; also transferred of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > large or small

messana1500

messet1631

towser1678

doggy1692

whiffet dog1801

dogling1830

ankle-biter1962

1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion iv. 46 Fresh Game; that great Towser has started it already.

1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 59 Mr. Char...it was the Pictures of the Tantivies and the Towzer [Roger L'Estrange].

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 23 Aug. 2/2 Earn. What Papers, did he mean the Towzers, and the Gallows, and the Broom, for which he was so famous?

1682 N. N. (title) The Heu and Cry: or, a Relation of the Travels of the Devil and Towzer, Through all the Earthly Territorys, and the Infernal Region.

1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 28 Never was seen so termagant a Towzer.

1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 257 Poor Towzer was condemn'd to be Cudgel'd to Death.

1881 A. McLachlan in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 2nd Ser. 261 Ahint him Towser wags his tail.

†b. The five of trumps in the game of gleek. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > gleek > specific cards

Tom1647

Tiba1658

tiddy1662

towser1680

tumbler1680

1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) vi. 65 The fifth [is called] Towser, the sixth Tumbler, which if in hand Towser is five and Tumbler six, and so double if turn'd up.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 73/2 Towser, is the fifth of the trumps.

†c. A large ship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > ship as larger than boat > large ship

towser1690

leviathan1815

1690 Pagan Prince xxix. 81 Now the Belgians, having lost..some three or four more of their biggest Towzers, made all the Sail they could to their own Coasts.

d. A large coarse apron. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of

barm-felc1350

barm-skinc1440

ribskin1440

ribbing-skinc1450

fore-smock1536

apron1654

trashbag1688

bib-apron1750

queyu1796

mantlea1825

praskeen1827

dick1838

dicky1847

towser1865

Mother Hubbard1877

barvel1878

waulk-apron1886

1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 244 The Touser is a large apron or wrapper to come quite round and keep the under~garments clean.

1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Touser, a large coarse apron for kitchen use.

e. A rough or energetic person. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person

pealerc1400

terrier1532

swinger1583

whipster1590

fireman1648

my (also me) hearty1735

whitherer1790

spunkie1806

vigorist1807

spunk1808

goer1811

smiter1823

hard hitter1831

blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859

stem-winder1875

vital force1886

live wire1896

towser1901

powerhouse1908

jazzer1912

1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 222 A wonnerful bowerly maid her was, an' a towser for work, an' 'mazin' even-tempered tu.

1901 R. M. F. Watson Closeburn xiii. 221 A certain big, uncouth, unhallowed ‘towser’ named Tibbie Murdoch.

Derivatives

ˈtowser v. (also towzer) (transitive) to worry as a dog does.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i, in Wks. (1716) I. 37 If they get a piece of a Text by the end..they do so tear it, and towze it, and towzer it..that they lose themselves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	towser
释义	towsern. /ˈtaʊzə/ Forms: Also 1600s towzer, touzer, 1800s touser. Etymology: < touse v. + -er suffix¹; with senses c – e compare thumper, whopper, etc. One who or that which touses. a. (With capital T). A common name for a large dog, such as was used to bait bears or bulls; also transferred of a person. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > large or small messana1500 messet1631 towser1678 doggy1692 whiffet dog1801 dogling1830 ankle-biter1962 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion iv. 46 Fresh Game; that great Towser has started it already. 1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 59 Mr. Char...it was the Pictures of the Tantivies and the Towzer [Roger L'Estrange]. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 23 Aug. 2/2 Earn. What Papers, did he mean the Towzers, and the Gallows, and the Broom, for which he was so famous? 1682 N. N. (title) The Heu and Cry: or, a Relation of the Travels of the Devil and Towzer, Through all the Earthly Territorys, and the Infernal Region. 1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 28 Never was seen so termagant a Towzer. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 257 Poor Towzer was condemn'd to be Cudgel'd to Death. 1881 A. McLachlan in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 2nd Ser. 261 Ahint him Towser wags his tail. †b. The five of trumps in the game of gleek. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > gleek > specific cards Tom1647 Tiba1658 tiddy1662 towser1680 tumbler1680 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) vi. 65 The fifth [is called] Towser, the sixth Tumbler, which if in hand Towser is five and Tumbler six, and so double if turn'd up. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 73/2 Towser, is the fifth of the trumps. †c. A large ship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > ship as larger than boat > large ship towser1690 leviathan1815 c. 1690 Pagan Prince xxix. 81 Now the Belgians, having lost..some three or four more of their biggest Towzers, made all the Sail they could to their own Coasts. d. A large coarse apron. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > apron > types of barm-felc1350 barm-skinc1440 ribskin1440 ribbing-skinc1450 fore-smock1536 apron1654 trashbag1688 bib-apron1750 queyu1796 mantlea1825 praskeen1827 dick1838 dicky1847 towser1865 Mother Hubbard1877 barvel1878 waulk-apron1886 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 244 The Touser is a large apron or wrapper to come quite round and keep the under~garments clean. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Touser, a large coarse apron for kitchen use. e. A rough or energetic person. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person pealerc1400 terrier1532 swinger1583 whipster1590 fireman1648 my (also me) hearty1735 whitherer1790 spunkie1806 vigorist1807 spunk1808 goer1811 smiter1823 hard hitter1831 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859 stem-winder1875 vital force1886 live wire1896 towser1901 powerhouse1908 jazzer1912 1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 222 A wonnerful bowerly maid her was, an' a towser for work, an' 'mazin' even-tempered tu. 1901 R. M. F. Watson Closeburn xiii. 221 A certain big, uncouth, unhallowed ‘towser’ named Tibbie Murdoch. Derivatives ˈtowser v. (also towzer) (transitive) to worry as a dog does.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i, in Wks. (1716) I. 37 If they get a piece of a Text by the end..they do so tear it, and towze it, and towzer it..that they lose themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1678
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