Teasel meaning
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
To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).
verb
Any of a genus (Dipsacus) of bristly plants of the teasel family, with prickly, cylindrical heads of yellowish or purplish flowers, esp. the fuller's teasel (D. fullonum) with flower heads having sharp, spinelike bracts.
noun
A flower head of the fuller's teasel, used when dried for raising a nap on cloth.
noun
Any device for raising a nap on cloth.
noun
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Designating a family (Dipsacaceae, order Dipsacales) of dicotyledonous plants bearing dense flower heads covered with stiff bracts, including scabiosa and teasel.
adjective
To raise a nap on (cloth) by means of teasels.
verb
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
noun
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Origin of teasel
- Middle English tesel from Old English tǣsel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English tesel, tasil, tasel, tosel, from Old English tÇ£sel, tÇ£sl (“to tease"), from Proto-Germanic *taisilÅ, *taislÅ (“thistle"), from Proto-Indo-European *dÄy- (“to separate, divide"). Cognate with Scots tasil, tassill (“teasel"), German Zeisel (“thistle, teasel"). Related to tease.
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