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Webster 1913 Edition
Teasel
Tea′sel
,Noun.
[Written also
tassel
, tazel
, teasle
, teazel
, and teazle
.] 1.
(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. ☞ Small teasel is
Dipsacus pilosus
, wild teasel is Dipsacus 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.
Tea′sel
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Teasel
TE'ASEL
,Noun.
1.
The burr of the plant.Definition 2024
teasel
teasel
English
plant
dried flower head
Alternative forms
Noun
teasel (plural teasels)
- Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
- The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
- Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Translations
plant
|
flower head
|
Verb
teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle teaselling or teaseling, simple past and past participle teaselled or teaseled)