Teasle vs. Teasel — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Teasle and Teasel
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Teasle
Alternative spelling of teasel
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Teasel
Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having prickly stems and flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
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Teasle
Alternative spelling of teasel
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Teasel
The cultivated teasel D. sativus. Also called fuller's teasel.
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Teasle
See Teasel.
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Teasel
The bristly flower head of this plant, used to produce a napped surface on wool and other fabrics.
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Teasle
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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Teasel
A wire device used to produce a napped surface.
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Teasel
To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).
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Teasel
Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
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Teasel
The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
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Teasel
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
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Teasel
(archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.
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Teasel
A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus 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.
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Teasel
A bur of this plant.
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Teasel
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
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Teasel
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
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Teasel
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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