In various spec. uses. transitive. To bring up (the nap or pile of cloth) by combing or carding with teasels, etc.; to produce a nap on (cloth). Cf…

transitive. To raise a nap on (cloth); = row, v.5 Obsolete.

transitive. To raise a nap on (cloth). Cf. nap, v.2 2, rough, v.2 1a, and rowing, n.2

transitive. To form a down or nap on; to furnish with a nap, to frieze. Obsolete.

transitive. To gig (cloth) (gig, v.3); to subject to the operation of a gig-mill. Cf. mozing, n.

transitive. To cover with a nap; = cotton, v.1 1. Obsolete exc. Historical.

transitive. To raise a smooth nap on (cloth) with or as with teasels; to tease. Also transferred.

transitive. To provide with a nap; to raise a nap on. Also in extended use. Now poetic and rare.

To comb the surface of cloth, after weaving, with teasels, which draw all the free hairs or fibres in one direction, so as to form a nap.

transitive. To prepare (wool, flax, cotton, etc.) for spinning, by combing out impurities and separating and aligning the fibres with a card (card…

transitive. To raise a bur on (the nap of cloth). = frieze, v.1