teazel
[ tee-zuh l ]
/ ˈti zəl /
noun, verb (used with object), tea·zeled, tea·zel·ing or (especially British) tea·zelled, tea·zel·ling.
Words nearby teazel
Definition for teazel (2 of 2)
teasel
or tea·zel, tea·zle
[ tee-zuh l ]
/ ˈti zəl /
noun
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth.
any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling.
verb (used with object), tea·seled, tea·sel·ing or (especially British) tea·selled, tea·sel·ling.
to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels.
Origin of teasel
OTHER WORDS FROM teasel
tea·sel·er; especially British, tea·sel·ler, noun un·tea·seled, adjective un·tea·selled, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for teazel
The leaves of the involucre are spiny in thistles and in teazel (Dipsacus), and hooked in burdock.
The raising of caraway, coriander, and teazel is almost peculiar to this county.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia |VariousIf a 'prentice of mine cannot clean his platter, I know that I shall get little from him with carder and teazel.
Micah Clarke |Arthur Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for teazel
teasel
teazel or teazle
/ (ˈtiːzəl) /
noun
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
- the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing
- any manufactured implement used for the same purpose
verb -sels, -selling or -selled or US -sels, -seling or -seled
(tr)
to tease (a fabric)
Derived forms of teasel
teaseller, nounWord Origin for teasel
Old English
tǣsel; related to Old High German
zeisala teasel, Norwegian
tīsl undergrowth,
tīsla to tear to bits; see
tease