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teasel

or ٱ·, ٱ·

[ tee-zuhl ]

noun

  1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
  2. the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth.
  3. any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling.


verb (used with object)

teaseled, teaseling or (especially British) teaselled, teaselling.
  1. to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels.

teasel

/ ˈپːə /

noun

  1. 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 See also fuller's teasel
    1. the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing
    2. any manufactured implement used for the same purpose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to tease (a fabric)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱ𲹲, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٱs· especially British, ٱs· noun
  • ܲ·ٱs adjective
  • ܲ·ٱs adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of teasel1

before 1000; Middle English tesel, Old English ǣ; akin to tease
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of teasel1

Old English ǣ; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian ī undergrowth, īa to tear to bits; see tease
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Behind the bar, they swagged a second garland made from teasel and sweet gum and poppy seed pods.

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They are targeting Johnson grass, giant foxtail, Canada thistle, nodding thistle, common teasel, multiflora rose, Amur honeysuckle, poison hemlock, marestail, Japanese knotweed and kudzu.

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They like to sit there and watch the wind blowing through the pale purple teasel, alone but for the murder of crows that guard their property.

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And while seedheads of coneflower and teasel hardly get a second glance in summer, they begin to look mighty interesting come February.

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But the women were rewarded with the sight of two bright orange sulfur butterflies and a cluster of Western tiger swallowtail supping on teasel flowers.

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