teazel
Americannoun
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Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The raising of caraway, coriander, and teazel is almost peculiar to this county.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Slugs and snails too will often attack and bite flowers, unless they are kept away by thorns and bristles, such as we find on the teazel and the burdock.
From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.
Genuine broadcloth can only be dressed by a teazel of Nature’s own growing; but shoddy, far less delicate, submits to the metal.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
If a 'prentice of mine cannot clean his platter, I know that I shall get little from him with carder and teazel.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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