From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Teasel \Tea"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teaseled}or {Teaselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Teaseling} or {Teaselling}.]
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[=ae]sel, t[=ae]sl, the
fuller's herb. See {Tease}.] [Written also {tassel}, {tazel},
{teasle}, {teazel}, and {teazle}.]
1. (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.
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Note: Small teasel is {Dipsacus pilosus}, wild teasel is
{Dipsacus sylvestris}.
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2. A bur of this plant.
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3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
dressing cloth.
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{Teasel frame}, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teasel
n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the
Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
[syn: {teasel}, {teazel}, {teasle}]
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