teasels
- present tense form of teasel (3rd person singular).
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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
Summing up this description of the hereditary qualities of our twisted teasels and of their mechanical consequences, we may say that the loss of the normal decussation is the cause of all the observed changes.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
It is quite evident that the twisted teasels are inadequate for the struggle with their tall congeners, or with the surrounding plants.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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 Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
"And this iron frame filled with teasels is called a 'handle'?"
From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Munsey, Frank Andrew
