Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having prickly stems and flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
- noun The cultivated teasel D. sativus.
- noun The bristly flower head of this plant, used to produce a napped surface on wool and other fabrics.
- noun A wire device used to produce a napped surface.
- transitive verb To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
teazel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (
Dipsacus 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. - noun A bur of this plant.
- noun Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
- noun a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants of the genus Dipsacus. - noun The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for
teasing orcarding cloth. - verb To raise the
nap on cloth; totease ; tocard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It must be remembered that the teasel is a very useful article in dressing cloth, immense cards of them being set in machinery and made to pass over the cloth and raise and clean the nap.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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Fennel and miscanthus, verbena and teasel make good hibernacula for beneficial insects and their seed keeps the birds going in the cold periods as well as providing winter interest.
Gardening jobs for November Dan Pearson 2010
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Cardère, or "wild teasel", scatters itself not far from the roadside, its "arms" stretched high, its body, lithe.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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O hai from LCB, tessm, teasel, jamamakitty and GCHLoki.
..and after cruely - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Cardère, or "wild teasel", scatters itself not far from the roadside, its "arms" stretched high, its body, lithe.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Cardère, or "wild teasel", scatters itself not far from the roadside, its "arms" stretched high, its body, lithe.
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We walked slowly so that I could keep an eye out for late-blooming eglantine and teasel heads, chatting casually.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Riparian vegetation in narrow reaches is often limited to a band of white alder at the water line; broader floodplains and gravel bars are dominated by introduced species, such as reed canarygrass, sweetclover, and teasel.
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June 30, 2009 at 4:43 am dis lol is fur teasel who duz awl teh puzzlez!
I interuptz yer leezure - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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May 20, 2009 at 6:49 am ooh now dat wud be teh funneee………. if we posts dem in our pix yew can capshun dems tooooo…. i be shur to get lots of pix of yesplis an cween mj and teasel!
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