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Turn; contour; figure.

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  1. n. Turn; contour; figure.
  2. n. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
  3. 1. Turn; contour; figure. 2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
  4. To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak.As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
  5. n. Turn; contour; figure. n. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.