teazel

American  

[tee-zuhl] / ˈti zəl /

noun

teazeled, teazeling, teazelled, teazelling

1. a variant of teasel.

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Example Sentences

Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

Many wire brushes and metal substitutes have been tried to take the place of nature's gift to the cloth-worker, the teazel, but nothing has been invented to replace with full satisfaction that wonderful scratcher.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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