teasel

== English == === Alternative forms === teazle, teasle, teazel, tazel === Etymology === From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiːzəl/ Rhymes: -iːzəl === Noun === teasel (plural teasels) Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. ==== Derived terms ==== teasel gourd (Cucumis dipsaceus) wild teasel ==== Translations ==== === Verb === teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle (US) teaseling or (UK) teaselling, simple past and past participle (US) teaseled or (UK) teaselled) (archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card. === Anagrams === elates, saltee, slatee, steale, stelae, stelæ, teasle