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Definition of Teaselling
1. teasel [v] - See also: teasel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teaselling
Literary usage of Teaselling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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