tousy (touzi)

[ A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large. Burns, Tam o' Shanter. IMG:content-0660.png:[blocks in formation] 2. An instrument for arresting the pa age of blood through an artery by means of compres- sion effected with a screw. It is used to control hemorrhage temporarily, as in surgical operations on a limb, or to check the force of the blood-current in cases tout (tout), n. [ tout , v.] 1. Same as touter . aneurismal or other vascular tumors. - Hydraulic tourniquet. Same as Barker's mill (which see, under mill1 ).