Definition of teasel

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Teasel (v. t.) 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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Teaselling :: Teaselling () of Tease.
Teasel :: Teasel (v. t.) To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap..
Teaseler :: Teaseler (n.) One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
Teaseling :: Teaseling (n.) The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
Teasle :: Teasle (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.
Tump :: Tump (v. t.) To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel..
Teazel :: Teazel (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Teazle :: Teazle (n. & v. t.) See Teasel.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) 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..
Teaseling :: Teaseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tease.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
Teaseled :: Teaseled (imp. & p. p.) of Tease.
Gig :: Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..
Tazel :: Tazel (n.) The teasel.
Teaselled :: Teaselled () of Tease.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A bur of this plant.
Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel..
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