teasel
English
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Etymology
From Middle English tesel, tasil, tasel, tosel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːzəl
Noun
teasel (plural teasels)
- Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
- The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., used for teasing or carding cloth.
- Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Translations
plant
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flower head
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Verb
teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle teaselling or teaseling, simple past and past participle teaselled or teaseled)
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