transitive. To pull asunder; to separate or unravel the fibres of; to comb or card (wool, etc.); = tease, v.1 1.

To prepare (wool, flax, etc.) for spinning by parting and straightening the fibres with wool-combs or cards; = comb, v.1 2. Also absol. Obsolete.

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

To dress (wool, flax, etc.) with a comb, so as to separate the fibres, bring them into parallel order, and separate the shorter from the longer.

transitive. To prepare (wool or other textile material) with a gill (gill, n.7), bringing the fibres level and parallel to each other in…