(also teazle or teazel )
■ noun
1》 a tall prickly plant with spiny purple flower heads. [Genus Dipsacus : several species.]
2》 a dried head from a ~, or a similar man-made device, used to raise a nap on woven cloth.
■ verb chiefly archaic raise a nap on (cloth) with a ~.
Derivatives
~ing noun
Origin
OE tsl , tsel , of W. Gmc origin; related to tease .