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.