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n.
The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
n.
A bur of this plant.
v. t.
To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
v. t.
To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.
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n.
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
v. t.
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
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v. t.
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
n.
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
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n.
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
n.
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.
n.
One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
n.
The teasel.
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