- teasels
- teasel (Brit.) tea·sel || 'tɪËzl v. comb, raise a nap on cloth (also teazel) tea·sel || 'tɪËzl n. type of plant
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Dipsacus — fullonum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
teasel — teaseler; esp. Brit., teaseller, n. /tee zeuhl/, n., v., teaseled, teaseling or (esp. Brit.) teaselled, teaselling. n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Cf. teasel family. 2. the dried flower… … Universalium
Teaseling — Tea sel*ing, n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also {teaselling}, {teazling}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teaselling — Teaseling Tea sel*ing, n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also {teaselling}, {teazling}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teazling — Teaseling Tea sel*ing, n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also {teaselling}, {teazling}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Teasell — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an occupational surname for someone employed as a teaseler, one who teasels cloth, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century taesel , teasel. The surname from this source can… … Surnames reference
teasel — tea•sel [[t]ˈti zəl[/t]] n. v. seled, sel•ing (esp. brit.) selled, sel•ling. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, of the teasel family, having prickly leaves and flower heads 2) pln the dried flower head or burr of the plant D.… … From formal English to slang
teasel — /ˈtizəl/ (say teezuhl) noun 1. any of the herbs with prickly leaves and flower heads constituting the dipsacaceous genus Dipsacus. 2. the dried flower head or burr of D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaselling cloth. 3. any mechanical… …
teasel — n. & v. (also teazel, teazle) n. 1 any plant of the genus Dipsacus, with large prickly heads that are dried and used to raise the nap on woven cloth. 2 a device used as a substitute for teasels. v.tr. dress (cloth) with teasels. Derivatives:… … Useful english dictionary
tea´sel|ler — tea|sel «TEE zuhl», noun, verb, seled, sel|ing or (especially British) selled, sel|ling. –n. 1. any one of a genus of Eurasian and African herbs with prickly stems and flower heads, such as the fuller s teasel. 2. the dried flower head or burr of … Useful english dictionary
