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teasel (n.)
also
teazel
,
teazle
, type of plant, Old English
tæsel
"large thistle used in teasing cloth," from Proto-Germanic
*taisilo
(cognates: Old High German
zeisala
), from root of Old English
tæsan
"to pluck" (see
tease
(v.)).