retease

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ tease.

Verb

retease (third-person singular simple present reteases, present participle reteasing, simple past and past participle reteased)

1. Alternative form of re-tease
   • 1921, Commerce Reports - Volume 1, page 179:

     .Practically all of the woolen rags are sold at auction or direct to manufacturers in Yorkshire (England), who retease the wool and remake it into cloth (called " shoddy”).

   • 1949, Blanche Romick Pope, Upholstering Home Furniture, page 44:

     Distribute teased stuffing over the seat to the roll by holding the stuffing in your left hand while the right hand pulls, reteases, interweaves, and distributes the stuffing smoothly in place, the left hand helping in the process.

   • 1981, Meredith Sue Willis, Higher Ground, →ISBN, page 1086:

     She had a small butt and long thighs, and she had her arms raised to retease her hair that spread up and out like tongues of flame.

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