2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tazel  \Ta"zel\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  The  teasel.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Teasel  \Tea"sel\,  n.  [OE.  tesel,  AS  t?sel,  t?sl,  the  fuller's 
  herb.  See  {Tease}.]  [Written  also  {tassel},  {tazel}, 
  {teasle},  {teazel},  and  {teazle}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  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. 
 
  Note:  Small  teasel  is  {Dipsacus  pilosus},  wild  teasel  is  {D. 
  sylvestris}. 
 
  2.  A  bur  of  this  plant. 
 
  3.  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. 

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