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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tazel | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for tazel | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[?]sel, t[?]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 ({D. 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. 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tazel \Ta"zel\, n. (Bot.) The teasel. [Obs.] | |
