Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
teazel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See
teasel .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
teasel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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Examples
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But the stem is not a thistle stem, and teasle it is.
A morning's blog... Ann Althouse 2009
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Never seen teasle before, and it resembles thistle.
A morning's blog... Ann Althouse 2009
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Never seen teasle before, and it resembles thistle.
A morning's blog... Ann Althouse 2009
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A peacock butterfly now spread himself upon the teasle, fresh and newly emerged, as the blue and chocolate down on his wings testified.
Jacob's Room 2004
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A peacock butterfly now spread himself upon the teasle, fresh and newly emerged, as the blue and chocolate down on his wings testified.
Jacob's Room Virginia Woolf 1911
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As for the bee, having sucked its fill of honey, it visited the teasle and thence made a straight line to Mrs. Pascoe's patch, once more directing the tourists 'gaze to the old woman's print dress and white apron, for she had come to the door of the cottage and was standing there.
Jacob's Room Virginia Woolf 1911
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As for the bee, having sucked its fill of honey, it visited the teasle and thence made a straight line to Mrs. Pascoe’s patch, once more directing the tourists’ gaze to the old woman’s print dress and white apron, for she had come to the door of the cottage and was standing there.
Jacob's Room 2004
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