单词 | teasing |
释义 | teasingn.1 The action of tease v.1 1. 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. b. U.S. Hairdressing. Back-combing; also, a similar treatment given with a small brush. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > combing > with a back comb teasing1923 1923 F. Korf Art & Fund. Hairdressing II. ii. 31 The public seems to fear the back-combing, or as it is often called, teasing of the hair, perhaps with some justification. 1964 D. Z. Hanle Hairdo Handbk. vii. 71 Properly done, teasing can play an important part in finishing a hairstyle... Use a small..teasing brush. 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 260/1 Bouffant, hair exaggeratedly puffed out by means of teasing. 2. Petty irritation: see tease v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > teasing teasing1678 tease1693 running1833 teasement1888 riding1922 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 119 Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teazing. 1731 J. Swift On Pulteney 1 Sir Robert weary'd by Will Pulteney's teazings. 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 212 He was compelled to endure the teazing of the domestics. 3. slang. A flogging: see tease v.1 3 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1807 Narr. Life H. Tufts iii. iv. 316 Teasing, whipping. 1821 P. Egan Life in London i. 11 The innumerable teazings thou hast book'd. 1865 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 5/2 ‘When I've had another teasing,’ said a boy thief..alluding to the hangman and his cat, ‘I shall be as good as Tommy So-and-So’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). teasingn.2 local. The keeping up of the fire in a furnace. In quot. 1894 attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > furnace > stoking or feeding stoking1854 teasing1894 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Teaser The glass-house teasers wore broad-brimmed felt hats..to protect them from the scorching fires. They also wore ‘hand-hats’ of thick felt, to enable them to hold the long iron teasing pokers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). teasingadj. That teases; pettily irritating, annoying, or vexatious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious > teasing teasing1694 teasy1901 1694 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. ii. Coronis 19 And by a thousand teizing questions drew The important secret from him. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 311 She complains of a teazing cough. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. iii. 34 This is better than to be the sport of a teasing hope without reason. Derivatives ˈteasingly adv. in a teasing manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner > teasingly teasingly1753 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxviii. 204 You are disposed to be teazingly facetious. 1906 Athenæum 17 Mar. 321/3 He never becomes teasingly minute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11591n.21894adj.1694 |
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