any clever maneuver | a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings |
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | a device for teasing wool |
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry) | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) | an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest |
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show |
| someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| a worker who teases wool |