teazel
zəl
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also fuller's teasel any of various stout biennial plants of the genus Dipsacus, of Eurasia and N Africa, having prickly leaves and prickly heads of yellow or purple flowers: family Dipsacaceae |
| 2. | a. the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing |
| b. any manufactured implement used for the same purpose | |
| —vb , -sels, -selling, -selled, -sels, -seling, -seled | |
| 3. | (tr) to tease (a fabric) |
| [Old English tǣsel; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian tīsl undergrowth, tīsla to tear to bits; see | |
| teazel, teazel or teazle | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [Old English tǣsel; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian tīsl undergrowth, tīsla to tear to bits; see | |
| teazle, teazel or teazle | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [Old English tǣsel; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian tīsl undergrowth, tīsla to tear to bits; see | |
| 'teaseller, teazel or teazle | |
| —n | |
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