teazle

[ tee-zuhl ]

noun, verb (used with object),tea·zled, tea·zling.
  1. a variant of teasel.

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How to use teazle in a sentence

  • They sat down on the sour stony land among the rag-wort and teazles and feverfew.

    Plashers Mead | Compton Mackenzie
  • Dull purple burrs cover the burdock; the broad limes are withering, but the leaves are thick, and the teazles are still flowering.

    Nature Near London | Richard Jefferies
  • A few stalks of last year's teazles stood, stiff and brown, in the corner of the fence.

    Among the Night People | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • It would, however, seem more probable that these charges are really teazles.

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  • Some dry brown nettle stalks remain; some grey and broken thistles; some teazles leaning on the bushes.

    The Open Air | Richard Jefferies