(n) teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth, Syn.Dipsacus fullonum
(n) similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States, Syn.Dipsacus sativus
n. [ OE. tesel, AS. t&aemacr_;sel, t&aemacr_;sl, the fuller's herb. See Tease. ] [ Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle. ]1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is Dipsacus sylvestris. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A bur of this plant. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teaseled r Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling. ] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap. [ 1913 Webster ]
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