teasel
Americannoun
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any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
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the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth.
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any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling.
verb (used with object)
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teasels,
present (3rd person singular)
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teaseled,
past participle, past
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teaselled,
past participle, past (especially British)
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teaseling,
present participle
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teaselling
present participle (especially British)
noun
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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
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the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing
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any manufactured implement used for the same purpose
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verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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teaselsimple
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teaselssimple
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have teaseledperfect
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have teaselledperfect
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has teaseledperfect
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has teaselledperfect
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am teaselingprogressive
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am teasellingprogressive
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are teaselingprogressive
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are teasellingprogressive
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is teaselingprogressive
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is teasellingprogressive
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have been teaselingperfect progressive
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have been teasellingperfect progressive
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has been teaselingperfect progressive
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has been teasellingperfect progressive
Past
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teaseledsimple
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teaselledsimple
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had teaseledperfect
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had teaselledperfect
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was teaselingprogressive
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was teasellingprogressive
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were teaselingprogressive
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were teasellingprogressive
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had been teaselingperfect progressive
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had been teasellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of teasel
before 1000; Middle English tesel, Old English tǣsel; akin to tease
Example Sentences
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Elsewhere, they created big, unwieldy bunches of teasel, asparagus and white pine cut from their garden in Montauk, adding locally harvested flowers and branches from the floral design studio Field Studies Flora.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Then they draped a garland of sliced, dried teasel between the branches of the tree.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
They are targeting Johnson grass, giant foxtail, Canada thistle, nodding thistle, common teasel, multiflora rose, Amur honeysuckle, poison hemlock, marestail, Japanese knotweed and kudzu.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
They like to sit there and watch the wind blowing through the pale purple teasel, alone but for the murder of crows that guard their property.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2019
The hot sunflowers by the glaring pike Lift shields of sultry brass; the teasel tops, Pink-thorned, advance with bristling spike on spike Against the furious sunlight.
From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
The U.S. could discuss concessions on as many as 3,500 different items, including abaca, Bibles, goat meat, curling stones, unbleached teasels and zinc dust.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a double race of quite the same constitution as the twisted teasels.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Well, as I said, these frames filled with teasels are called handles, and as the gig cylinders are covered all over with handles, it makes kind of a solid bed of teasels.
From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Frank Andrew Munsey
Little stubby brier shoots, and clumps of russet bracken, and dead heather, ruffling like a brown dog's back, broke the dull surface of withered herbage, thistle stumps, teasels, rugged banks, and naked brush.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Fulling is followed by gigging, and in this process a nap more or less heavy is raised on the face of the goods by means of teasels.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Beethoven's Egmont Overture, about as nearly threadbare as a Beethoven work can be, had its nap teaseled attractively.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a great many fabrics are more or less teaseled, there is a possibility of such pieces becoming too woolly and too hairy.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Overcoatings.—Overcoatings are heavy woolen or worsted fabrics and heavily teaseled or gigged, giving a rough, hairy appearance.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Flannels are subjected to several finishing operations, such as fulling, teaseling, pressing, and stretching.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
In the teaseling process it is necessary for the nap to be raised only slightly, and this is commonly done in the direction of the grain or twist of the warp.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
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