| 单词 | teasing-needle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteasing-needle a. The pulling asunder of the fibres of wool, hair, animal tissue, etc.: see tease v.1 1. Also attributive, as teasing-needle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > forcible separation > pulling apart > fibres, tissue, etc. teasing1591 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > separating or cleaning picking1548 blowing1844 teasing1851 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Carmenadura Teasing, carminatio. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv**/1 The web of cleaned cotton..is passed through a lapping machine, and..undergoes a further teazing. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 118 The cells have been separated by teasing. 1891 Cent. Dict. Teasing-needle, a needle for teasing, or tearing into minute shreds, a specimen for microscopic examination. < as lemmas |
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