To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
To backcomb.
One who teases.
A single act of teasing.
One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
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