English English Dictionary

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

One who teases or plagues.