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Definition of Teaselling

1. teasel [v] - See also: teasel

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Teaselling

teas teasable Teasdale tease tease teased teasel teasel teaseled teaseler

teaselers teaseling teaselled teaseller teasellers teaselling (current term) teasels teaser teaser teasers

teases tease apart teashop teashops teasing teasingly teasings teasle teaspoon teaspoon

Literary usage of Teaselling

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1. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1872)
"... tlic constant reading of Chillingworth, who by tuf example, will both teach perspicuity anil the way of right teaselling, bet- Юг Ляп any work I know. ..."

2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Tea-poy. An ornamental table with a lifting top, inclosing caddies for tea. Tearing, teaselling. Raising a nap on cloth by scratching it with ..."

3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... Arcadians are said to have been slain without the loss of a man on the Spartan side. Teasing, teaselling. Raising a nap on cloth by scratching it with ..."

4. An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy by Thomas Webster, William Parkes (1855)
"... the elasticity and contractility of which render the cloth susceptible of the peculiar treatment of the fulling, felting, and teaselling operations, ..."

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