| Teasel (teasel) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tea"sel |
| [OE. tesel, AS.
t(?)sel, t(?)sl, the fuller's herb. See Tease.]
[Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel,
and teazle.] |
A plant of the
genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a
large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower
head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.
A bur of this plant.
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for
teasels in dressing cloth.
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| Teasel (teasel) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Tea"sel |
|
To subject, as
woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which
has an effect to raise a nap.
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