In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
teaseling
present participle of teasel
teaseling (uncountable)
The cutting and gathering of teasels.
The use of teasels to raise a nap on cloth.
• teaselling, teazling
• Angelites, angle ties, anglesite, galenites, gatelines, gelatines
Source: Wiktionary
Tea"sel*ing, n.
Definition: The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also teaselling, teazling.]
Tea"sel, n. Etym: [OE. tesel, AS. t, t, the fuller's herb. See Tease.] [Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Tea"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teaseled or Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling.]
Definition: To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.