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teasel

Произношение:
tea.sel
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
[ME tesel, fr. OE taesel; akin to OE taesan to tease]
Появление:
(bef. 12c)
Определение:
1 a: an Old World prickly herb (Dipsacus fullonum of the family Dipsacaceae, the teasel family) with flower heads that are covered with stiff hooked bracts and are used in the woolen industry--called also fuller's teasel b: a plant of the same genus as the teasel 2 a: a flower head of the fuller's teasel used when dried to raise a nap on woolen cloth b: a wire substitute for the teasel

Часть речи:
vt
Происхождение:
tea.seled or tea.selled ; tea.sel.ing or tea.sel.ling
Появление:
(1543)
Определение:
to nap (cloth) with teasels

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