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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
teasel
    n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the
         Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
         [syn: teasel, teazel, teasle]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Teasel \Tea"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teaseledor 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[=ae]sel, t[=ae]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]

   Note: Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is
         Dipsacus sylvestris.
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   2. A bur of this plant.
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   3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
      dressing cloth.
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   Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
      heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
      [1913 Webster]

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