Etymology

teer

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Today it means: To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve. Full definition →

French tirer
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  1. French · borrowed fromtirer
  2. French · borrowed fromtirer
  3. English todayteer

Borrowed from French tirer (“to draw, to pull”). Compare English tire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.