- teaseller
- tea·sel·ler
English syllables. 2014.
teaseller
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teaseller — Teaseler Tea sel*er, n. One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also {teaseller}, {teasler}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teaseller — noun see teaseler * * * teasˈeller or teasˈeler noun • • • Main Entry: ↑teasel … Useful english dictionary
Teaseler — Tea sel*er, n. One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also {teaseller}, {teasler}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teasler — Teaseler Tea sel*er, n. One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also {teaseller}, {teasler}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teasel — teaseler; esp. Brit., teaseller, n. /tee zeuhl/, n., v., teaseled, teaseling or (esp. Brit.) teaselled, teaselling. n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Cf. teasel family. 2. the dried flower… … Universalium
teasel — /ˈtizəl/ (say teezuhl) noun 1. any of the herbs with prickly leaves and flower heads constituting the dipsacaceous genus Dipsacus. 2. the dried flower head or burr of D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaselling cloth. 3. any mechanical… …
teasel — [tē′zəl] n. [ME tasel < OE tæsel < base of tæsan, to TEASE] 1. any of a genus (Dipsacus) of bristly plants of the teasel family, with prickly, cylindrical heads of yellowish or purplish flowers, esp. the fuller s teasel ( D. fullonum) with… … English World dictionary
