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teazle

teazle is the archaic spelling of teasel.

Meaning of teasel

Noun

teasel (plural teasels)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
  2. The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

See all 4 meanings of teasel

Forms of teazle

Noun
pluralteazles
Verb
third-person singular presentteazles
present participleteazling
past participleteazled
pastteazled

Questions about teazle

What is teazle the archaic spelling of?
Teazle is the archaic spelling of teasel.

Words near teazle in the dictionary

  1. teazer
  2. teazers
  3. teazes
  4. teazing
  5. teazings
  6. teazle
  7. teazled
  8. teazles
  9. teazling
  10. TEB
  11. Teba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teazle (page history and authors); teasel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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