Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
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- verb Present participle of
teasel . - noun The cutting and gathering of
teasels . - noun The use of teasels.
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Examples
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Flannels are subjected to several finishing operations, such as fulling, teaseling, pressing, and stretching.
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In the teaseling process it is necessary for the nap to be raised only slightly, and this is commonly done in the direction of the grain or twist of the warp.
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