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teasel |
3 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Teasel \Tea"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teaseled}or {Teaselled}; p. pr & vb n. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: teasel n : any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts [syn: {teazel}, {teasle}]
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