To comb, dress, or cleanse with a card. See card, n.
A piece of cardboard bearing a name, etc., or symbols for use in play.
Cardboard.
A wire toothed brush, as for carding wool.
He had seen- should see a card or two, certainly. – Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
Have you looked at the card? – Don Orsino by F. Marion Crawford
And then Farwell played his card. – The Place Beyond the Winds by Harriet T. Comstock