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TEASELING
Verb
teaseling
present participle of teasel
Noun
teaseling (uncountable)
The cutting and gathering of teasels.
The use of teasels to raise a nap on cloth.
Synonyms
• teaselling, teazling
Anagrams
• 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.]
TEASEL
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
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