teazer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Apparently an alteration of teaser, referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments.
Noun[edit]
teazer (plural teazers)
- sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.
Etymology 2[edit]
Corrupted from French tiser (“to feed a fire”).
Noun[edit]
teazer (plural teazers)
- The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking.
- 1849, Apsley Pellatt, Curiosities of Glass Making:
- The above four sets of workmen, with a teazer and lear man, changing every six hours, constitute the complement for one furnace