tonsev.
Obsolete or dialect.† 1. transitive. To cut the hair of. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > cut
shearc897
shavec1320
topc1330
dockc1386
clipc1405
pollc1450
roundc1450
coll1483
cow?1507
not1530
trim1530
tonse1555
benotte1594
decurtate1599
scissora1625
to set upa1625
tonsure1793
1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.v Before that she (being tonsed, and hauing taken on her mourning wiede) haue bemoned her kinsfolke.
1676 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xv. 282 If any Brother of the said Company shall..tonse, barbe, or trim any person on the Lords day.
2. To trim; to dress up. dialect.
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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tonse, to dress, to deck, to trim. Tonsed, dressed up. ‘Thou's finely tonsed this morning.’
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