teazel

[tee-zuhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

teazeled, teazeling , teazelled, teazelling .

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Genuine broadcloth can only be dressed by a teazel of Nature’s own growing; but shoddy, far less delicate, submits to the metal.

The raising of caraway, coriander, and teazel is almost peculiar to this county.

The blossoms form cones, which when in full bloom, are much the size and shape of a large English teazel, and are of a greenish yellow.

It was then teazelled; that is, a nap or rough surface was raised all over it by scratching it with weavers' teazels or thistles.

The cloth is run close to rapidly revolving "teazels" and also may be run through a napping machine.

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