teazle

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  teazle    teasel  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
teazle (also teazel)

▶noun variant spelling of teasel.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
teasel /ˈtiːzl/ (also teazle or teazel)

▶noun

• 1 a tall prickly plant with spiny purple flower heads. [Genus Dipsacus: several species.]

• 2 a dried head from a teasel, or a similar man-made device, used to raise a nap on woven cloth.

▶verb archaic raise a nap on (cloth) with a teasel.

– derivatives
teaseling noun.

– origin OE tǣsl, tǣsel, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to tease.