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noun

Teasel n. (Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle)

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus 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. Note: Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is Dipsacus sylvestris.

A bur of this plant.

Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.

verb

Teasel v. t. (past & past part. teaseled or teaselled; pres. part. teaseling or teaselling) 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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Etymology of 'Teasel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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