[Perhaps identical with *tus in TUSSY and tus(se)mose: see TUZZY-MUZZY. But it may be related to TOUSE sb. 2, a tousled mass (of hair).] A tuft of hair; in quot. applied to whiskers; dial. a knot of wool or hair.
1693. Dryden, Persius, iv. 90. With odorous Oyl thy head and hair are sleek; And then thou kemb’st the Tuzzes on thy Cheek.
1847–78. Halliwell, Tuz, a knot of wool or hair. Leic.
