Tease

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who teases or plagues.

II. Tease ·vt To comb or card, as wool or flax.

III. Tease ·vt To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

IV. Tease ·vt To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

V. Tease ·vt To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to Plague.