† tozy, a. Obs.
(ˈtəʊzɪ)
[app. f. toze v.1 + -y. But cf. tosy.]
Soft like teased wool. Hence † ˈtoziness, softness.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tozy, soft like Wooll. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Tozyness, softness, like tozed Wooll. |
| absol. 1824 Scott 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. |