teaselteazlen.

/ˈtiːz(ə)l/

Forms: α. Old English tǽsl, tǽsel, Middle English tesel, Middle English tesell, tesyl(l, tesle, Middle English–1600s tessel, 1500s tesill, teasell, teassell, teysyll, 1500s–1600s tessele, teazell, tezel, tezill, 1600s–1700s teasil, 1600s– teasel, teasle, teazel, teazle, 1700s testle. β. Middle English–1500s tasel, Middle English–1600s tasil, Middle English tasyl, tasylle, tasul, taselle, taysill, Middle English–1600s tazel, 1500s tasill, tasyll, tassyll, 1500s–1600s tasell, tasle, tazell, tassill, 1600s tassel, tazill, tazle, 1700s tassell.

Etymology: Old English tǽsel, tǽsl = Old High German zeisala, -ila, strong feminine, Middle High German zeisel < Old Germanic *taisilā, < *taisan, Old English tǽsan to tease, with instrumental suffix -lā. Hence Anglo-Norman teizel.

1. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, comprising herbs with prickly leaves and flower-heads; esp. fullers' teasel n. D. fullonum, the heads of which have hooked prickles between the flowers, and are used for teasing cloth (see 2); and wild teasel n. D. sylvestris, held by some to be the original type, but having straight instead of hooked prickles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun]

teasela1300

wokethistlea1400

fuller's teasel?c1425

fawthistle1483

Venus's basin1551

card thistle1578

Venus's bath1578

fuller's weed1587

fuller's herb1593

fuller's thistle1601

fuller's thorn1601

Venus' laver1601

shepherd's rod1633

shepherd's staff1760

manweed1829

Venus's cup1855

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 282 Ðeos wyrt þe man camelleon alba & oþrum naman wulfes tæsl [MS. B. tæsel] nemneþ.]

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559/7 Uirga pastoris, i. wilde tesel.

1326 Lett.-bk. Lond. E. lf. 168 in Riley Memorials (1868) 150 [The thistles that in English are called] taseles.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxiv. 13 Ther shul springe in his houses thornes and netles, and tasil in the strengthis of it.

a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 43/1 Virga pastoris, i. carduus agrestis, herba est quæ multum assimulatur carduo fullonum, an. wilde tasel.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 570/41 Cardo, a thystell, or a tesell.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 128 The tasul now in donged lond is sowe.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 648 All tethe of tesyls that longyn to the office of fullers.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 280 The Tazill, called in Greeke Dipsacos, hath leaues much resembling Lectuce.

1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 167 There were Tasels planted for the vse of Clothworkers.

1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium iii. 30 By stinging Nettles, pricking Teasels Raysing blisters like the measels.

1659 A. Speed Adam out of Eden ix. 62 Tassels for Cloath-workers..will thrive..in England.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) They sow their Lands in some Parts of Essex with Teasils, to dress their Bays and Cloth with.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 193 The connate leaves of Common Teasel..collect the rain and dew that trickle down the stem.

a. The dried prickly flower-head or bur of the fuller's teasel (see 1), used for teasing or dressing cloth so as to raise a nap on the surface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

teasel-top1902

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

thistle1839

teasel-top1902

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 446 Cloth..is nouȝt comly to were, Tyl it is fulled.., Wasshen wel with water, and with taseles [v.rr. taselles, taslis] cracched.

1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 502/2 That every Fuller..use Tazels, and noo Cardes, in disseyvably hurtyng the same Cloth.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. cvij Tasels the kyue conteining v.c. viij.d.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. cvij^v Tasels the pipe xl.s. Tasels the thousande iij.s. iiij.d.

1564 J. Hawkins Voy. (1878) 27 A kinde of corne called Maise,..the eare whereof is much like to a teasell.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Gnaphos, a tesill that tuckers vse to dresse cloth.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Applanisseur The Cloathworker..with his cards of tazle.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 221 Afflictions Bernard compares to the Tezel, which though it be sharp and scratching, is to make the cloth more pure and fine.

1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 47 The use of the teazle is to draw out the ends of the wool from the manufactured cloth, so as to bring a regular pile or nap upon the surface.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 192 The object..is to raise up the loose fibres of the woollen yarn into a nap..by scratching it either with thistle-heads called teasels, or with teasling-cards or brushes, made of wires.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 252 The best clothiers still prefer the teazel for finishing their cloth.

b. As a heraldic bearing.

ΚΠ

1660 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 4) iv. vii. 289 Sable, a Cheuron, Ermine, between two Habicks in chief, and a Tessell in base, proper. This is the bearing of the worshipfull Company of the Cloath-workers.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §11. 369 A tezel slipped in base or.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1630 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. iii. 14/1 Though from terme to terme it be worne long, 'Tis drest still with the teazle of the tongue.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 200 She is never content except when plying the teazle upon one hapless pate or other.

3. transferred. A mechanical substitute for the natural teasel in cloth-working.

ΘΚΠ

gig-mill1551

gigging-mill1789

raising gig1804

teasel1835

gig1842

gigging-machine1875

nappera1884

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Many contrivances have..been made for substituting metallic teasels..mounted in self-acting machines, for the thistle balls.

†4. Cf. teasel v. b. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 334/1 In good Tessel, [is] ground in good order for Plowing and Sowing.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

teasel crop n.

ΚΠ

1766 Museum Rusticum 6 4 This crop is no injury to the teasel crop the first year.

teasel seed n.

ΚΠ

1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 202 The latter end of February or the beginning of March they sow the Teasil-seed.

teasel-like adj.

C2.

teasel-board n. see teasel-frame n.

ΚΠ

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 195 Springs that shall support the teasel-boards when mounted on the barrel.

teasel-bur n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

teasel-top1902

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

thistle1839

teasel-top1902

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 135 Lone spots..Where wildness rears her lings and teazle-burs.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. at Teaseling-machine The teasel-burs..press..upon the whole width of the cloth which passes beneath them.

teasel-cylinder n. see teasel-frame n.

ΚΠ

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 196 Conduct the cloth over the teasel-cylinder, and keep it smoothly distended.

teasel-frame n. a frame in which teasel-heads are fixed for dressing cloth.

ΘΚΠ

teasel-frame1835

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Two men,..seizing the teasel-frame by the handles, scrubbed the face of the cloth.

teasel-head n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

teasel-top1902

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

thistle1839

teasel-top1902

1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Aug. xvi. 72 One of these Stalks has produced..an hundred Teasel-Heads.

1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 242 After cutting off the teazel heads, and tying them in bunches.

1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iii. 105 The use of teazle-heads is a remarkable feature in the process; for no combination of wires has yet been found that will effect the required object so efficiently as the little elastic prickles on the surface of these teazles.

teasel-rod n. see teasel-frame n.

ΚΠ

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 202 Cleaning the teasel-rods and handles.

teasel-top n. the dried flower-head of the teasel: (= sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

teasel-top1902

teasel1377

teasel-head1742

teasel-bur1821

thistle1839

teasel-top1902

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 91 The forest of tall teazle-tops.

teaselwort n. in plural, Lindley's name for plants of the N.O. Dipsacaceæ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Valerianaceae (valerian and allies) > [noun]

valerianc1386

nard?1440

red cow basil1597

red, spur-, or spurred (also basil) valerian1597

red valerian1597

valerian-worts1747

teaselwort1846

valerian family1849

valerian tribe1855

valerian order1857

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 699 Dipsacaceæ. Teazelworts.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 249.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

teaselteazlev.

Etymology: < teasel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈteasel.

a. transitive. To raise a smooth nap on (cloth) with or as with teasels; to tease. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

raise1482

rough1484

row1487

cotton1488

moze1505

frieze1509

teasel1603

nap1608

tease1755

card1766

frizz1806

1464 Act 4 Edw. IV. c. 1 Qe chescun fullour..en sa arte & occupacion de fuller & scalpier ou tezeiler de drap excercise & use teizels & nulls cardes.]

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxvii. 403 He..ledde him in a fullers or cloth-workers shoppe, where with Cardes and Teazls..he made him to be carded, scraped, and teazled so long vntill he died of it.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 53 Dride sinewes, of an Oxe well tasled and mixt with well tempered glewe.

1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 109 We understand the picking of Cloth..but we are not so adroit at the tasselling it.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Moisture also softens their points and impairs their teasling powers.

2000 J. Griffiths Grip on Thin Air 22 Branches teasle the gap between The door and the door's reduced reflection.

†b. transferred ? To dress or improve the surface of (land). Cf. teasel n. 4. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)]

gooda1525

marl1528

plentify1555

fat1562

fatten1563

season1563

heart1573

manure1577

soil1593

hearten1594

remanure1598

enrich1601

teasel1610

battle1611

batten1612

bedung1649

sweeten1733

top-dress1733

top1856

side-dress1888

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 28 They teasil their perring wild sand with stall dung.

Derivatives

ˈteaseling n. (also teasling) (also attributive).

ΚΠ

1543 transl. That euery fuller..in his crafte & occupacyon of fullynge rowynge or taseylynge of clothe, shall exercise tasels and no cardes.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Teaseling-machine,..in which woolen cloth is teaseled to raise a nap upon it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	teasel
释义	teaselteazlen. /ˈtiːz(ə)l/ Forms: α. Old English tǽsl, tǽsel, Middle English tesel, Middle English tesell, tesyl(l, tesle, Middle English–1600s tessel, 1500s tesill, teasell, teassell, teysyll, 1500s–1600s tessele, teazell, tezel, tezill, 1600s–1700s teasil, 1600s– teasel, teasle, teazel, teazle, 1700s testle. β. Middle English–1500s tasel, Middle English–1600s tasil, Middle English tasyl, tasylle, tasul, taselle, taysill, Middle English–1600s tazel, 1500s tasill, tasyll, tassyll, 1500s–1600s tasell, tasle, tazell, tassill, 1600s tassel, tazill, tazle, 1700s tassell. Etymology: Old English tǽsel, tǽsl = Old High German zeisala, -ila, strong feminine, Middle High German zeisel < Old Germanic taisilā, < taisan, Old English tǽsan to tease, with instrumental suffix -lā. Hence Anglo-Norman teizel. 1. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, comprising herbs with prickly leaves and flower-heads; esp. fullers' teasel n. D. fullonum, the heads of which have hooked prickles between the flowers, and are used for teasing cloth (see 2); and wild teasel n. D. sylvestris, held by some to be the original type, but having straight instead of hooked prickles. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] teasela1300 wokethistlea1400 fuller's teasel?c1425 fawthistle1483 Venus's basin1551 card thistle1578 Venus's bath1578 fuller's weed1587 fuller's herb1593 fuller's thistle1601 fuller's thorn1601 Venus' laver1601 shepherd's rod1633 shepherd's staff1760 manweed1829 Venus's cup1855 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 282 Ðeos wyrt þe man camelleon alba & oþrum naman wulfes tæsl [MS. B. tæsel] nemneþ.] a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 559/7 Uirga pastoris, i. wilde tesel. 1326 Lett.-bk. Lond. E. lf. 168 in Riley Memorials (1868) 150 [The thistles that in English are called] taseles. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxiv. 13 Ther shul springe in his houses thornes and netles, and tasil in the strengthis of it. a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 43/1 Virga pastoris, i. carduus agrestis, herba est quæ multum assimulatur carduo fullonum, an. wilde tasel. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 570/41 Cardo, a thystell, or a tesell. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 128 The tasul now in donged lond is sowe. c1450 Godstow Reg. 648 All tethe of tesyls that longyn to the office of fullers. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 280 The Tazill, called in Greeke Dipsacos, hath leaues much resembling Lectuce. 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 167 There were Tasels planted for the vse of Clothworkers. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium iii. 30 By stinging Nettles, pricking Teasels Raysing blisters like the measels. 1659 A. Speed Adam out of Eden ix. 62 Tassels for Cloath-workers..will thrive..in England. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) They sow their Lands in some Parts of Essex with Teasils, to dress their Bays and Cloth with. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 193 The connate leaves of Common Teasel..collect the rain and dew that trickle down the stem. 2. a. The dried prickly flower-head or bur of the fuller's teasel (see 1), used for teasing or dressing cloth so as to raise a nap on the surface. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 teasel-top1902 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 thistle1839 teasel-top1902 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 446 Cloth..is nouȝt comly to were, Tyl it is fulled.., Wasshen wel with water, and with taseles [v.rr. taselles, taslis] cracched. 1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 502/2 That every Fuller..use Tazels, and noo Cardes, in disseyvably hurtyng the same Cloth. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. cvij Tasels the kyue conteining v.c. viij.d. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. cvij^v Tasels the pipe xl.s. Tasels the thousande iij.s. iiij.d. 1564 J. Hawkins Voy. (1878) 27 A kinde of corne called Maise,..the eare whereof is much like to a teasell. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Gnaphos, a tesill that tuckers vse to dresse cloth. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Applanisseur The Cloathworker..with his cards of tazle. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 221 Afflictions Bernard compares to the Tezel, which though it be sharp and scratching, is to make the cloth more pure and fine. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 47 The use of the teazle is to draw out the ends of the wool from the manufactured cloth, so as to bring a regular pile or nap upon the surface. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 192 The object..is to raise up the loose fibres of the woollen yarn into a nap..by scratching it either with thistle-heads called teasels, or with teasling-cards or brushes, made of wires. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 252 The best clothiers still prefer the teazel for finishing their cloth. b. As a heraldic bearing. ΚΠ 1660 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 4) iv. vii. 289 Sable, a Cheuron, Ermine, between two Habicks in chief, and a Tessell in base, proper. This is the bearing of the worshipfull Company of the Cloath-workers. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §11. 369 A tezel slipped in base or. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1630 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. iii. 14/1 Though from terme to terme it be worne long, 'Tis drest still with the teazle of the tongue. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 200 She is never content except when plying the teazle upon one hapless pate or other. 3. transferred. A mechanical substitute for the natural teasel in cloth-working. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > machine gig-mill1551 gigging-mill1789 raising gig1804 teasel1835 gig1842 gigging-machine1875 nappera1884 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Many contrivances have..been made for substituting metallic teasels..mounted in self-acting machines, for the thistle balls. †4. Cf. teasel v. b. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 334/1 In good Tessel, [is] ground in good order for Plowing and Sowing. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. teasel crop n. ΚΠ 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 4 This crop is no injury to the teasel crop the first year. teasel seed n. ΚΠ 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 202 The latter end of February or the beginning of March they sow the Teasil-seed. b. teasel-like adj. C2. teasel-board n. see teasel-frame n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 195 Springs that shall support the teasel-boards when mounted on the barrel. teasel-bur n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 teasel-top1902 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 thistle1839 teasel-top1902 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 135 Lone spots..Where wildness rears her lings and teazle-burs. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. at Teaseling-machine The teasel-burs..press..upon the whole width of the cloth which passes beneath them. teasel-cylinder n. see teasel-frame n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 196 Conduct the cloth over the teasel-cylinder, and keep it smoothly distended. teasel-frame n. a frame in which teasel-heads are fixed for dressing cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle > frame containing teasel-frame1835 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Two men,..seizing the teasel-frame by the handles, scrubbed the face of the cloth. teasel-head n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 teasel-top1902 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 thistle1839 teasel-top1902 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Aug. xvi. 72 One of these Stalks has produced..an hundred Teasel-Heads. 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 242 After cutting off the teazel heads, and tying them in bunches. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iii. 105 The use of teazle-heads is a remarkable feature in the process; for no combination of wires has yet been found that will effect the required object so efficiently as the little elastic prickles on the surface of these teazles. teasel-rod n. see teasel-frame n. ΚΠ 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 202 Cleaning the teasel-rods and handles. teasel-top n. the dried flower-head of the teasel: (= sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > teasel bur teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 teasel-top1902 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle teasel1377 teasel-head1742 teasel-bur1821 thistle1839 teasel-top1902 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 91 The forest of tall teazle-tops. teaselwort n. in plural, Lindley's name for plants of the N.O. Dipsacaceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Valerianaceae (valerian and allies) > [noun] valerianc1386 nard?1440 red cow basil1597 red, spur-, or spurred (also basil) valerian1597 red valerian1597 valerian-worts1747 teaselwort1846 valerian family1849 valerian tribe1855 valerian order1857 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 699 Dipsacaceæ. Teazelworts. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 249. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). teaselteazlev. Etymology: < teasel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈteasel. a. transitive. To raise a smooth nap on (cloth) with or as with teasels; to tease. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > put nap on raise1482 rough1484 row1487 cotton1488 moze1505 frieze1509 teasel1603 nap1608 tease1755 card1766 frizz1806 1464 Act 4 Edw. IV. c. 1 Qe chescun fullour..en sa arte & occupacion de fuller & scalpier ou tezeiler de drap excercise & use teizels & nulls cardes.] 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxvii. 403 He..ledde him in a fullers or cloth-workers shoppe, where with Cardes and Teazls..he made him to be carded, scraped, and teazled so long vntill he died of it. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 53 Dride sinewes, of an Oxe well tasled and mixt with well tempered glewe. 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 109 We understand the picking of Cloth..but we are not so adroit at the tasselling it. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 193 Moisture also softens their points and impairs their teasling powers. 2000 J. Griffiths Grip on Thin Air 22 Branches teasle the gap between The door and the door's reduced reflection. †b. transferred ? To dress or improve the surface of (land). Cf. teasel n. 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] gooda1525 marl1528 plentify1555 fat1562 fatten1563 season1563 heart1573 manure1577 soil1593 hearten1594 remanure1598 enrich1601 teasel1610 battle1611 batten1612 bedung1649 sweeten1733 top-dress1733 top1856 side-dress1888 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 28 They teasil their perring wild sand with stall dung. Derivatives ˈteaseling n. (also teasling) (also attributive). ΚΠ 1543 transl. That euery fuller..in his crafte & occupacyon of fullynge rowynge or taseylynge of clothe, shall exercise tasels and no cardes. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 192 The object..is to raise up the loose fibres of the woollen yarn into a nap..by scratching it either with thistle-heads called teasels, or with teasling-cards or brushes, made of wires. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Teaseling-machine,..in which woolen cloth is teaseled to raise a nap upon it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300v.1543
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