Note: Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is D. sylvestris.
2. A bur of this plant.
3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
TEASEL
Tea"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teaseled or Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Teaseling or Teaselling.]
Defn: To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
TEASELER
Tea"sel*er, n.
Defn: One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also teaseller, teasler.]
TEASELING
Tea"sel*ing, n.
Defn: The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
[Written also teaselling, teazling.]
TEASER
Teas"er, n.